Got a bit of justice today

[ntmatter]

About a year ago, I shipped COD my stock wheels to a guy named Alex Astor in North Carolina, who paid with a bad business check and then stopped returning my calls. Thanks to the advice of several people on the board, I finally ended up contacting the NC police, who told me that Alex was in a fair bit of trouble for conning other Viper and Ferrari owners - they added my name to the list. Alex then went and took delivery of a Prowler from Woodhouse Dodge (of all places) and paid for it with a bad check, which got him into even more serious trouble.

I received today a letter from a District Attorney in North Carolina telling me that Alex was sentenced to a minimum of 66 months (maximum of 88) in prison for 10 counts of obtaining property by false pretense, 1 count of possession of stolen goods, and 1 count of credit card fraud. I'll never see the $2000 that I'm owed for my wheels, but he'll have at least 5 and a half years to watch out for his ******** in the shower.

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[SapphireGTS]

Daaaaamn. Get the check first next time. Sorry about your luck. Its a shame you cant trust people anymore.

NC doesnt mess around though. Glad to hear that you are a little happy, although out 2 Gs. Id personally like to put a bad guy in jail rather than take the money.

Thanks for seeing it through. Its people like you that turn the bad guys in and help the automotive community clean

 

[JonB]

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.........Alex was sentenced to a minimum of 66 months (maximum of 88) in prison for 10 counts of obtaining property by false pretense, 1 count of possession of stolen goods....
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Andy........ I wonder what records the D/A has on WHERE the wheels went? Recieving stolen property may also be a crime.
Why not ask for any paper trail?

This is a small community. I wager that someone here knows someone who has the wheels....maybe they just dont know it!

 

[Chuck 97 GTS]

Just think, when he gets out you can ask him, "Hey, how's your Astor?"

 

[ntmatter]

I imagine that he sold the wheels as soon as he got them, then stalled me for 6 months while I tried to get the money out of them. I expect that whoever bought them thought that he was on the up-and-up - Alex was a very convincing talker. I'm resigned to the fact that the wheels are just gone.

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[ronviper]

I am sure every night when BUBBA his husband comes to visit he will wish he never stole your wheels. Isn't justice a *****.

 

[viperprowler1]

How did Bill Pemberton and Woodhouse make out...did they get stiffed for the price of the Prowler?