Drivers, insurers allegedly bilked by Worcester auto repair shops run by father, sons
When he found the listing at a
"When I first saw the car, I was like a kid in a candy store. I said, 'Oh, my goodness. It's perfect. From one to 10, it was an 11,"
He traveled to
He parked it in
In the past, he had often noticed several luxury cars in different stages of repair parked out front of
"That's when the dance routine started ...,"
During the 2 1/2 -year period that the car was at Accurate Collision,
"My insurance company ended up paying me about
Haddad is indicted
Attorney General
While the statute of limitations for most fraud-related crimes, including these, is six years,
Repair costs climb
In early
In October,
When she and her brother went to Accurate Collision to retrieve her car.
"This was one of the worst experiences I ever went through," the 42-year-old single mother recalled. "I was so stressed and so frustrated. He kept calling me telling me that he was never going to give me my car back unless I dismissed the lawsuit."
However, a check of records in courts in
A father and two sons
There are also court cases that insurance companies and others have filed against
Commerce further states that the Haddads have made it clear to the company's appraisers and representatives that the acts of intimidation will continue as long as Commerce refuses to accept their excessive demands for payment.
The company says that on
The father and sons are also accused of routinely and unnecessarily disassembling vehicles before Commerce's appraisers had an opportunity to do an inspection to make it impossible for them to "distinguish 'accident-related damage' from 'unrelated prior damage' and/or post-accident damage that may have occurred while the vehicle" was at the auto repair shops.
"The (Haddads) have admitted to Commerce's appraisers that (they) can create undetectable damages, not causally related to the reported loss, in order to increase the amount of its repair estimate," Commerce maintains.
Death threat
Alexander is also accused of threatening to cause death or serious bodily harm to an employee of
Alexander allegedly informed the president of
Subsequently, when the president of
"Do you think we're capable of anything like that?" he asked.
The following day,
"This lawsuit is an aberration. It will be defended in every aspect in court," he said.
Adam's
Besides his two auto repair shops,
The defendants allegedly defrauded a
The man, who was working on a fence on the property, allegedly was offered to trade in his 2016 Ford F-250 pickup truck that had an approximate fair market value of
According to the lawsuit, the man was presented with a purchase and sale agreement bearing the address of
Unbeknownst to the man,
According to court papers, the man had to hire an attorney in order to obtain copies of the loan documentation, which included an RMV-1 application for the Ford F-350, signed by
The prior damage was never disclosed to the man and the loan on his trade-in was not paid off as promised by the defendants. It is not clear if the lawsuit has been fully settled.
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