A nearly $87,000 default judgment was entered against a Wichita used car dealership for violations of the Kansas Consumer Protection Act (KCPA).
The dealership is now permanently banned from selling vehicles in Kansas.
The District Attorney’s Consumer Protection Division investigated Midwest Wholesale, LLC, (formerly located at 6717 W. Kellogg Drive in Wichita) after receiving two separate consumer complaints.
During the investigation, the Consumer Protection Division discovered in one transaction the Defendant failed to deliver title to a consumer who purchased a vehicle and traded in another. The dealership also failed to pay off the outstanding loan balance on the trade-in resulting in the consumer having two car payments and no title.
In the second transaction, the defendant sold the same trade-in from the first transaction to a protected consumer without paying off the trade-in. In both transactions, the defendant failed to deliver title within 60 days in violation of Kansas law resulting in both consumers being unable to register and legally drive their purchased vehicles.
The default judgment called for the Midwest Wholesale to pay over $54,000 in restitution to the consumers and $30,000 in civil penalties for the KCPA violations in addition to other costs and expenses. The judgment also revoked the dealership’s business license.
