Nashville, Tenn. – In a brazen scheme to line their pockets with Nissan’s money, a California man has been sentenced to prison.
Bruce Young, 50, of Compton, Calif., was sentenced on August 15, 2014 to 15 months in prison and ordered to pay $78,000 in restitution for his participation in a money laundering scheme that arose out of a scheme to defraud Nissan, announced David Rivera, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.
The scheme originated from Kenneth Carter, a former Nissan employee who was employed at Nissan’s Franklin, Tennessee headquarters as an ‘Arbitration Specialist’ from March 2007 through April 2008.
Between March 2007 and April 2008, Carter, along with Bruce Young and other defendants, engaged in a scheme to defraud Nissan by filing false Lemon Law claims on behalf of individuals who owned Nissan vehicles.
The defendants provided Carter with information obtained from Nissan owners, such as the owner’s name, address, and vehicle identification number. Carter then used the information to file false and fraudulent Lemon Law claims with Nissan requesting settlement checks. Once Carter approved the false claims he would cause settlement checks to be issued.
Young and others then directed the Nissan owners to deposit the checks into their bank accounts or to cash the checks and then ‘kick-back’ a portion of the funds received from Nissan. A portion of the funds were then paid to Carter, and the remaining funds were kept by Bruce Young and others.
According to charging documents, between March 2007 and April 2008, Carter caused approximately 80 false claims to be paid by Nissan, totaling approximately $571,500.
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Key Facts
- State: Tennessee
- Category: White Collar Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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