Consumers of Spinella’s Enterprises Purchased Cars & Drove Off the Lot, Only to Find Out They Never Really Owned the Cars
SYRACUSE - Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced that a former Central New York used car dealer has begun making payments to the Attorney General's office to reimburse his customers after a court order required he pay restitution and penalties. The order also bars the dealer, Anthony Spinella, Jr., from ever owning and/or operating a car dealership in the State of New York. An investigation by the Attorney General’s office began after the dealership, Spinella's Enterprises located on Brewerton Road, in Mattydale, abruptly closed its doors in November, 2009. Consumers were left with cars they could not register, loans that had not been paid and extended warranties that had never been activated. As a result, some of the cars were repossessed by banks because of outstanding loans. "Mr. Spinella's illegal actions left Syracuse-area consumers owing thousands of dollars for cars they no longer possessed," said Attorney General Schneiderman. "My...