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The dealership, Midwest Car Search, and its owner, Scott Spiczka, were named in the lawsuit, which seeks to provide restitution for customers and to stop the alleged illegal business practices of the dealership.
The owner of a Twin Cities-based car dealership is accused of scamming Minnesotans out of thousands of dollars.
"This is a longterm systematic pattern of deception targeting Minnesotans, often, but not always, with limited English language skills," Attorney General Keith Ellison said.
The Minnesota Attorney General Tuesday sued a Fridley used car dealership for violating consumer protection laws, alleging it fraudulently sold more than 3,000 vehicles and targeted Spanish-speaking customers. Midwest Car Search and its owner, Scott Spiczka, misrepresented cars as "certified" when they were not and illegally tacked on expensive service contracts without buyers' consent, ...
Midwest Car Search is accused of fraudulently selling more than 3,000 vehicles to Minnesotans from 2017 to 2022.