GT car / Salesman - Shiraaz Sookralli - Champion Porsche's VP of Marketing
#151
The comments that Champion should have known or did know are ignorant, unless they were monitoring all of his emails it would be very difficult to know. He could have easily done this from his home and was not using Champions "books", plus he was likely trusted. The guy was clearly desperate, probably has drug or gambling problem.
#152
Honestly, all the people that were defrauded by this scumbag should sue the dealership for not only their deposit but the mental distress over this as Champion created an environment that allowed for this complete lack of controls and segregation of duties...they need to be made an example of. Maybe it'll teach other dealerships shape up.
#153
Race Director
Originally Posted by rsierra
The comments that Champion should have known or did know are ignorant, unless they were monitoring all of his emails it would be very difficult to know. He could have easily done this from his home and was not using Champions "books", plus he was likely trusted. The guy was clearly desperate, probably has drug or gambling problem.
Champion is ignorant for not managing their business properly and not having some sort of checks and balances when buyers are putting deposits down on ordered cars. They are negligent as well and will be held responsible.
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The comments that Champion should have known or did know are ignorant, unless they were monitoring all of his emails it would be very difficult to know. He could have easily done this from his home and was not using Champions "books", plus he was likely trusted. The guy was clearly desperate, probably has drug or gambling problem.
#155
#156
How are they going to know about deposits that they never received? They went to the dudes shell company.
#157
#158
Three Wheelin'
Buyers BEWARE! This happened in a well known dealership.
Think about those "Speccable" GT cars being sold by brokers or third party. Don't they ask for deposits?
Either buy from a direct owner, with clean title, or "reputable dealer." Even reputable dealer now becomes an investigative matter.
I hope those defrauded get their monies back.
Drive safe,
GT3RS-Fan1
Think about those "Speccable" GT cars being sold by brokers or third party. Don't they ask for deposits?
Either buy from a direct owner, with clean title, or "reputable dealer." Even reputable dealer now becomes an investigative matter.
I hope those defrauded get their monies back.
Drive safe,
GT3RS-Fan1
#159
#160
The comments that Champion should have known or did know are ignorant, unless they were monitoring all of his emails it would be very difficult to know. He could have easily done this from his home and was not using Champions "books", plus he was likely trusted. The guy was clearly desperate, probably has drug or gambling problem.
#161
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Originally Posted by rsierra
How are they going to know about deposits that they never received? They went to the dudes shell company.
I'm not going to pollute this thread with nonsense and respond to any comments like this. Does a disservice to those who need help and support.
#163
Originally Posted by GT3RS-Fan1
Buyers BEWARE! This happened in a well known dealership.
Think about those "Speccable" GT cars being sold by brokers or third party. Don't they ask for deposits?
Either buy from a direct owner, with clean title, or "reputable dealer." Even reputable dealer now becomes an investigative matter.
I hope those defrauded get their monies back.
Drive safe,
GT3RS-Fan1
Think about those "Speccable" GT cars being sold by brokers or third party. Don't they ask for deposits?
Either buy from a direct owner, with clean title, or "reputable dealer." Even reputable dealer now becomes an investigative matter.
I hope those defrauded get their monies back.
Drive safe,
GT3RS-Fan1
Does this now mean it will spread back into those brokers who sold spots and were also ignorant to the fact this was all a shell?
#164
You're assuming that the entirety of this fraud involved 25-30 people writing checks that averaged about $100k each, every single one to this fake account, and none of which involved any information produced by the dealership to the customers and no communication at all between the dealership and any of those victims. I find that hard to believe. Do you think there were likely zero inquiries directly to the dealership from those customers/victims prior to this guy disappearing? Very unlikely.
#165
Race Director
PCNA will have to make some big changes to future GT car allocations. The brokers, flippers, and fraudsters come out of the woodwork when there's $$ to be made with these games.
Mark my words, this is the peak of the games.
Mark my words, this is the peak of the games.