What’s really interesting about the blog post from Toprank Importers is that it shows how simple this whole thing was. “Soho did submit to the Department as supporting documentation a Form HSMV 84044, Affidavit, in which Respondent did use a false or fictitious name, give a false or fictitious address, or make any false statement in any application or affidavit required under the provisions of chapter 319 or in a bill of sale or sworn statement of ownership or otherwise commit a fraud in any application.”Īnd really this whole investigation probably started for two reasons: one, Toprank Importers putting out a blog post in 2014 accusing the owner of Soho of forging documents to get titles with pretty clear proof of it, and two from YouTubers and internet influencers flexing illegally imported cars and thinking nothing of it. In the document, we find that this whole thing started back in 2014. Shoutout to for digging further into this and coming up with this document, which basically goes over the whole case and all the little details. There’s also J-Spec Garage, which is also owned by Diaz, and those three companies make up for nearly all 400 cars on the list. With that, Soho Alliance and Soho Imports are the same entity run by a gentleman named Andres Diaz, who was arrested recently and his companies had their Florida vehicle dealers licenses revoked. This whole thing stems from an investigation of fraudulent applications for titles and more specifically three companies in the import market run by a few people, and that’s Solo Alliance LLC, Soho Imports LLC, and J-Spec Garage LLC, as well as others, however, those are the primary offenders. So, let’s take a look at what happened and how nearly 400 imported cars are now being considered contraband and can’t be titled anywhere in the US. When I initially saw this, I was thinking there’s no way that Florida is just going to revoke that many titles for cars that are already on the road and clearly not causing any issues, but unfortunately, it’s true. The letter says that almost 400 cars that were imported from Japan to the US, were imported illegally and fraudulently, and those cars will all have their titles revoked. In the last couple of weeks, there has been a photo of a letter circulating around on Instagram and Facebook and it appears to come from the Florida Highway Patrol Bureau of Criminal Investigations.
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