Car Dealers Forging Customer Signatures to Add Declined Products to Financing Contracts
Dealership finance managers create new contracts after customers leave, forging signatures to include products the customer explicitly declined such as extended warranties. The forged documents are then submitted to the lender, who fails to detect the discrepancy despite consumer evidence. Police reports go unaddressed and the fraudulent loan terms remain in effect.
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