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PENNSYLVANIA<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"Two New Jersey men plead guilty in federal court for their roles in falsifying vehicle titles as part of a long-running odometer roll-back scheme, officials announced Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n

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According to court documents, Felix Granowski, 58, of Matawan, pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud. Granowski owned a used car dealership based in New Jersey. <\/span><\/p>\n

Alec Morgunov, 34, of Manalapan, also pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud in connection with his work at Granowski\u2019s dealership.<\/span><\/p>\n

As part of their plea agreements, Granowski and Morgunov admitted that between 2012 and 2016, they engaged in a scheme to sell high-mileage, used vehicles with false, low-mileage readings entered on the vehicles\u2019 odometers and titles, according to federal prosecutors.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"According to court filings, the defendants purchased high-mileage vehicles from individuals, arranged to alter the vehicles\u2019 odometers to reflect false, lower mileage readings, and then obtained motor vehicle titles reflecting those false, lower mileages. <\/span><\/p>\n

Granowski and Morgunov then used the fraudulent title documentation and artificially lower odometer readings to sell the vehicles, including at an auction located in Pennsylvania. <\/span><\/p>\n

\"womanBy deceiving purchasers into believing the vehicles had fewer miles than they actually had, defendants sold the vehicles at inflated prices, resulting in consumers paying more for the vehicles than they would have paid had they known the true mileages, officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re proud of our collaboration with the Department of Justice to investigate odometer fraud,\u201d said Deputy Administrator Dr. Steven Cliff of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). \u201cOur top priority is keeping people safe on the road. Anyone who thinks they\u2019ve been a victim of odometer fraud, needs to contact their state enforcement office. They can also visit our website, NHTSA.gov, for helpful information on how to detect a vehicle that may have had its odometer rolled back.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In pleading guilty, Granowski and Morgunov admitted that they were part of a scheme that caused at least 118 cars to be sold with rolled-back odometers and falsified titles, resulting in consumer losses of at least $674,606.<\/span><\/p>\n

The defendants are scheduled to be sentenced on Aug. 31 and Sept. 1, respectively. Granowski and Morgunov each face a maximum sentence of five years in prison on the conspiracy to commit securities fraud charges. <\/span><\/p>\n

The NHTSA Office of Odometer Fraud Investigation investigated the case.<\/span><\/p>\n

Trial Attorneys Natalie N. Sanders and Ryan E. Norman of the Justice Department\u2019s Consumer Protection Branch and Assistant U.S. Attorney Nancy Rue of the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania are prosecutors for the case.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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