{"id":19473,"date":"2016-01-18T15:18:35","date_gmt":"2016-01-18T23:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=19473"},"modified":"2016-01-18T15:18:35","modified_gmt":"2016-01-18T23:18:35","slug":"19473-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=19473","title":{"rendered":"Taxicab Operator Sentenced to a Year in Prison for Falsifying 180 Salvaged Cars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>CHICAGO<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1073 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/criminal_justice_jurisprudence-2.jpg\" alt=\"criminal_justice_jurisprudence (2)\" width=\"299\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/criminal_justice_jurisprudence-2.jpg 299w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/criminal_justice_jurisprudence-2-120x76.jpg 120w, 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vice president of <strong>Chicago Elite Cab Corp<\/strong>., used the 180 impaired vehicles as taxicabs on Chicago streets after they were falsely given clean titles in Indiana and Illinois.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Igolnikov\u2019s scheme, which spanned from 2007 through April 2010, was uncovered in an investigation by federal authorities and the City of Chicago Inspector General\u2019s Office.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Igolnikov, 68, plead guilty last year to one count of conspiracy to transport, receive and possess a counterfeit security.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">According to Igolnikov\u2019s plea agreement, these are the facts:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Igolnikov and his associates fraudulently obtained \u201crebuilt\u201d titles for damaged vehicles by submitting false paperwork\u2013 including affidavits with the forged signature of an Indiana law enforcement officer \u2013 to the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles.\u00a0 <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The vehicles were then transported to the Chicago business of Chicago Carriage Taxi Company, which was also used by Seven Amigos Used Cars.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"> After obtaining the Indiana rebuilt title for a salvaged vehicle, Igolnikov and his associates placed a sticker over the \u201crebuilt\u201d section of the Indiana certification and then used that title to obtain a clean Illinois title from the Illinois Secretary of State\u2019s Office.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0Igolnikov purchased the newly certified vehicles in the names of Seven Amigos Used Cars, Chicago Elite Cab and other related corporate entities.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Igolnikov and his business associates, including Chicago Elite Cab, operated the fraudulently certified vehicles as taxicabs 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