File image of a couple looking for a vehicle at a dealership.
The two men came to an agreement to request bank loans that they did not plan to repay, acquire vehicles and sell them to third parties illegally | The trial will be held on the 20th and 21st at the Provincial Court of León
Two accused of defrauding third parties and financial institutions by illegally selling cars to enrich themselves with a simple method. The prosecutor asks for a total of four and a half years in prison, although an addiction partially exempts one of the defendants.
The trial will be held on February 20 and 21 from 12:15 p.m. at the Provincial Court of León.
The facts date back to November 2014, when both defendants began with a plan to obtain illicit enrichment from the sale of cars.
The plan was, according to the prosecutor in the indictment to which leonoticias has had access, the purchase of cars through loans that they would request from different financial entities. Then they would “immediately” sell the vehicles to third parties.
All this, without taking into account the prohibitions of title reservations, and without any intention of paying the fees for the repayment of the loans.
The deal for the scam
The scam started between the two, but not with the same participation. One of the defendants was looking for money urgently and quickly, since at that time he had a misuse disorder of the drug methylphenidate. A drug used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and has effects similar to amphetamine substances.
The defendant had an addiction and needed considerably more money than his salary as a rehab doctor. Through a third party, de la came into contact with the other defendant who was engaged in the sale of vehicles.
After several meetings between them, the two defendants reached an agreement that the first of them would appear as a buyer of the vehicles before the dealers and would request the financing. All this, contributing his payroll and obliging himself as a debtor in the corresponding loan contracts.
After the vehicles were registered in his name, he would authorize the other defendant to deliver them to the different dealers. To close the circle, it would be this second person who would proceed to sell the cars to other people and in return he would give his ‘partner’ in this scam amounts of money for each vehicle.
According to the prosecutor, both agreed that the loan installments would not be returned, since they were only requested to have the money quickly.
Crime and penalties
The trial will be held on February 20 and 21 at the Provincial Court of León for a continued crime of fraud. The prosecutor considers that both defendants are authors, but points out that there is a circumstance (addiction to a drug) that partially exempts one of them.
The Public Prosecutor’s Office requests three and a half years in prison and a nine-month fine with a daily fee of ten euros for one of the defendants. For his partner, he asks for a year in prison and a six-month fine at the rate of ten euros a day.