More customers of a Halifax-area used car dealership are speaking out and alleging fraud, as RCMP confirm the number of complaints they’re investigating against Race Auto Group in Lower Sackville has more than doubled since yesterday.
Among the concerned customers is Lisa Marr, who says she’s on the hook for $60,000 — paying for loans on two cars that she doesn’t even possess and a vehicle she can’t register.
“So worried about repossession, worried about registration, basically worried about everything,” said Lisa Marr. “I won’t drive my car right now because I’m scared to.”
Marr says she traded in two of her vehicles earlier this year to the Lower Sackville, N.S., dealership and purchased a pre-owned vehicle from them in March.
Since then, however, she says she’s discovered she can’t register her new vehicle because she alleges Race Auto didn’t release the paperwork.
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