Three San Jose residents admitted to conspiracy charges this fall for running a car resale scheme that hit the Tri-Valley and elsewhere in the Bay Area in which they rolled back odometers and falsified docs for more than 75 vehicles.
Accused of tampering with mileage, registration docs before reselling used cars
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Three San Jose residents face federal conspiracy charges after prosecutors allege they led a nearly five-year scheme of purchasing used cars, rolling back the odometers and falsifying documents, and reselling the vehicles at significant profit, including incidents in San Ramon.
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The criminal complaint, unsealed on May 5, alleges Seymur Khalilov, 32; Ramil Heydarov, 31; and Orkhan Aliyev, 31, fraudulently sold at least a dozen cars for approximately $300,000 overall between 2016 and this year.
Each has been charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, according to the U.S. Attorney s Office, Northern District of California. Multiple cases occurred in San Ramon.
San Jose Residents Charged With Conspiracy To Commit Wire Fraud In Automobile Resale Scheme Details Written by Imperial Valley News
San Francisco, California - A criminal complaint was unsealed Wednesday in federal court charging Seymur Khalilov, Ramil Heydarov, and Orkhan Aliyev with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, announced Acting United States Attorney Stephanie M. Hinds, Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent in Charge Tatum King, and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Craig D. Fair.
According to the complaint, between 2016 and the present, Khalilov, 32; Heydarov, 31; and Aliyev, 31, all of San Jose, conspired to purchase high-mileage vehicles, roll back the odometers, and falsify documentation to make the vehicles appear newer. The co-conspirators then allegedly sold the vehicles on Craigslist at significant profits. The complaint alleges defendants fraudulently sold at least a dozen vehicles in this way for a tot