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IARA Hosts Consignor Awards

The International Automotive Remarketers Alliance hosted its 2023 Consignor Awards ceremony during the Conference of Automotive Remarketing in Las Vegas last month.

Jim Jackson, of fleet company Holman, presented six awards.

The winner in the Northeast region was America’s Auto Auction – Harrisburg. In the Midwest, the top honor went to Missouri Auto Auction. The Southeast winner was Dealer’s Auto Auction of Chattanooga. The Southwest region winner was Houston Auto Auction. The West Coast region winner was DAA Seattle. And the Third Party Remarketing winner was America’s Auto Auction – St. Louis.

Mary Beth Greenstone presented LeasePlan USA’s awards. LeasePlan is now part of the combined company Wheels, which includes LeasePlan and Wheels Donlen.

The company gave its award for best retention to Manheim Texas Hobby. For its Northeast Stellar Performance Award, LeasePlan hon- ored America’s Auto Auction Erie. The Southeast Stellar Award went to Dealers Auto Auction of Chattanooga. The Midwest Stellar Performance went to ADESA St. Louis.

The Southwest Stellar Performance Award was given to Oklahoma Auto Exchange. The West Coast Stellar Performance Award went to ADESA Golden Gate.

The two last awards from LeasePlan are for service that’s above and beyond. Manheim Philadelphia was the East Coast winner and America’s Greater Kalamazoo won in the Midwest region.

Greenstone also wanted to thank Copart for doing a “phenomenal job for us and our salvage.”

John Sullivan, of General Motors Financial, honored Columbus Fair Auto Auction in its North Central region.

In the Northeast region, GM Financial honored Southern Auto Auction in Connecticut. In the Southcentral region, it was Texas Lone Star Auto Auction – Lubbock. In the Southeast region, the winner was Manheim Statesville in North

Carolina. The West region winner was Manheim Denver.

GM Financial’s last award for the Most Valuable Auction, went to the auction with the highest volume and retention – Manheim Pennsylvania.

Avis Budget Group also presented three honors that it calls its “Ironman Awards,” for cycle time, retention and volume. DAA Northwest in Spokane, Wash., was one honoree.

A second award went to America’s Auto Auction Kansas City. The third went to Manheim Pennsylvania.

The final awards were presented by James Crocker on behalf of Merchants Fleet, which presented seven awards.

The six regional winners included: Manheim Phoenix, in the Southwest region; Houston Auto Auction won in the Southcentral region; Manheim Lakeland won in the Southeastern region; Central Mass Auto Auction won in the Northeast region; Indiana Auto Auction for the Midwest region and Bel Air Auto Auction won in the Mid-Atlantic region.

The three-time national winner was North Bay Auto Auction, with David Aahl accepting the award.

Crocker said Aahl is “someone who goes far beyond the call of duty for us on a daily basis.”

Man Sent to Prison for Fraud

A Nixa, Missouri man who used his business to steal customers’ identity information in a scheme to obtain hundreds of thousands of dollars in fraudulent car loans was recently sentenced in federal court.

Chris R. King, 48, was sentenced by U.S. Chief District Judge Beth Phillips to four years in federal prison without parole.

The court also ordered King to pay $646,597 in restitution to his victims and to forfeit the same amount to the government.

On Nov. 20, 2021, King pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, one count of wire fraud, and one count of aggravated identity theft.

King, formerly the co-owner of Queen City Motors, a used car business in Springfield, Mo., admitted he stole the identity of individuals who sought to obtain loans to buy vehicles from him.

King used that information to fraudulently submit loan applications and receive funds wired to his bank account from Credit Acceptance. King fraudulently submitted at least 30 automobile loan applications and received cash deposits of approximately $783,475 between Nov. 1, 2018, and Nov. 8, 2020.

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