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  State of Ohio v S Automotive Ltd. and Simon C. Nwaru, Jr. - case number 23CV000951
  

  On April 28, 2023 a default judgment entered in Franklin County Common Pleas court against defendants S Automotive Ltd and Simon C. Nwaru, Jr. finds the defendants committed unfair and deceptive acts and practices, and orders the defendants to pay consumer restitution, civil penalties and costs, and prohibits the defendants from engaging in consumer transactions in Ohio until they have satisfied all satisfied all payments ordered.

  The original lawsuit filed Feb. 13, 2023 alleged the defendants:

  Violated the Ohio Consumer Sales Practices Act, the Certificate of Motor Vehicle Title Act, and the Odometer Rollback and Disclosure Act, including:
   - Failing to file applications for certificates of title within 30 days after the assignment or delivery of motor vehicles.
  - Selling motor vehicles to consumers and then failing to obtain certificates of title on or before the 40th day after the sale.
  - Failing to disclose to consumers that they were purchasing a rebuilt salvaged vehicle.
  - Misrepresenting the odometer disclosure statements.
  - Failing to provide true and complete odometer disclosures.
  - Adjusting, altering, changing, tampering with or setting back an odometer of a motor vehicle.

  For more details you may wish to contact:
   
  - The Ohio Attorney General's Office Help Center
  Toll-free: 800-282-0515 or Local: 614-466-4986, 30 E. Broad St., 14th Floor, Columbus, OH 43215, https://www.ohioprotects.org/
   
  - The Franklin County Clerk of Courts office,
  373 South High Street, Columbus, OH 43215, phone 614-525-3600, http://www.franklincountyohio.gov/clerk/cio.cfm or online http://fcdcfcjs.co.franklin.oh.us/CaseInformationOnline/

   

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