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Ex-dealership staffers face prison
8 plead guilty to conspiracy and other charges after federal crackdown
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Jamie LaReau
Automotive News
March 30, 2015 - 12:01 am ET
Several former sales staffers at a Birmingham, Ala., Nissan store face federal prison time as part of a federal crackdown on fraudulent practices in car dealerships.
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Eight former employees of Serra Nissan have pleaded guilty to felony charges including conspiracy to fraudulently boost loan approvals and car sales. They were D. Scott Burton, 36, Abdul Islam Mughal, 48, and Gerald Shepard, 56, former sales managers; Jeffrey Green, 33, and Michael Wilkinson, 56, former finance managers; and former salesmen Terry Henderson, 39, Dwight Perry, 44, and Roland Riley, 28.
All were charged in the conspiracy to defraud financial institutions, Nissan North America and Serra Nissan customers between August 2010 and October 2013 by fraudulently increasing vehicle sales in order to boost personal profits. Shepard and Mughal also pleaded guilty to bank fraud.