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Internet websites 1025 Old Country Road Westbury Long Island management company that subleased cars from cash-strapped owners was arrested yesterday for pocketing the lease money, Nassau County officials said.

George Fallica, who owns Automotive Management Co., that did business as G.C.F. Leasing, was convicted of fraud, grand larceny, forgery along with other crimes, Nassau County District Attorney Denis Dillon said.

"Our investigation revealed that the defendant was needed for several types of criminal activities . . . which generated approximately 75 complaints to my office," Dillon said.

This company, at 1025 Old Country Road, took out newspaper ads saying it may well help those that had leased cars but were unable or unwilling to make additional payments.

The organization promised it could find customers to control you the lease agreements, keep payments current and change the car's license, registration and insurance records to demonstrate that some other driver was now leasing the vehicle.

Fallica did sublease the cars, Dillon said, but he failed to keep his other p romises.

By way of example, he was quoted saying, one Long Island resident surrended his 1991 BMW to Fallica in September 1995. The automobile was subleased to an individual who made $7,470 in payments to Fallica. But Fallica only gave $990 to the holder on the car's original lease, and kept the others, Dillon said.

Fallica later repossessed your vehicle and subleased it again. This occassion he received $6,570 in payments, and turned no money over to the holder in the car's original lease, Dillon said.

Fallica put copies on the Pennsylvania license plate about the cars he sublet, Dillon said.

Actually is well liked produced phony temporary licenses and fraudulently obtained insurance cards to the vehicles, Dillon said.

Fallica, 48, of Oneck Lane, Westhampton Beach, was faced with a eight counts of grand larceny; three counts of forgery; three counts of falsifying business records; fraudulent creation of license plates, and scheming to defraud.

He faces up to seven years imprisonment if convicted.