Another victim who is a lawyer.
Dear George,
I was able to get your e-mail address from Chris Canard. He was one of the group members in our group that was also victimized by Bob. I was aware of your existence but never been able to connect with you. As you may have heard, I am also one of the victims of Bob the bandit. I ordered two cars and fully paid for them. Of course years past 3-4 years. I received the TA and it directly went into storage and has not run since. The other one was a Mustang 350 GT replica for which I paid close to $30,000, it was supposed to be finished by the end of 2012 and it was apparently was finished. I have all the paper trail and the pictures he was sending me. When it was finished, he sent me a bill of sale and the title. We were just getting ready to get the car shipped when he made an emergency call and said he got an investigation going on against him and that I should send the title back to him so that he can transfer it properly to avoid title jumping and then send me back the title from him. When the original car was purchased to be built it was still left with the original person’s name when he send it to me. Like an idiot, I sent back the title to him. I should not have done that because the car was purchased ultimately for me with the money I sent years ago. But, against my better judgment I sent the title back to him. He said it would take 3-4 weeks to make the switch and get the title back to me. Yesterday, it has been more than a month and I was thinking about calling him when I received the following e-mail from him:
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George Payne finally won. He cause enough of civil action to put me into forced bankruptcy. Not voluntary. Shop cannot be open, sale, build, operate or deliver any vehicle in the US. You can file civil action as course of action, but everything is taken. Have no way to stop it. I’ve been legally advised this is legal what’s being forced on me as a sole operator/owner and only one liable.
Bob
I checked the Bankruptcy records and it turns out that there is no filings under his name as of yesterday. There is no forced or involuntary bankruptcy as you may know. He must be doing that to avoid the consequences of his action. I am currently looking for a local attorney to hire. I also contacted Sheriff’s department. I believe he should be prosecuted criminally as well as civilly. If it was here I would deal with it as I am a litigation and trial attorney. But it is not practical for me to deal with a case in NC. I will need to find a local attorney which I am willing to do. We will also need an attorney who will challenge the potential discharge of obligations with bankruptcy filing. This is important.
I feel like you have much more information on the happenings. I was keeping a list and information together and keeping our group of 15-20 people together for years, we were all Bob’s victims together. Would you give me as much information as possible? I am so angry about what this guy did to us. Do you have an attorney you have already hired and used? May be we can use the same attorney? Can you share some information? I am planning to after this guy. Let me know if it is Ok I would be happy to call you on your phone. Feel free to call me at my office number below. I will continue to monitor his bankruptcy filings. But I feel like you and I should connect.
Best regards,
Ayhan M. Menekshe
Attorney at Law
Email: menekshe@menekshelaw.com
