FOLLOWUP: Car Dealership Breaks Into Customer's Home, Steals $70,000
A Seattle car dealership that broke into a mentally-disabled customer's apartment and stole $70,000 in cash has a history of drug-use, shady tactics, and abusing mentally handicapped customers, The Seattle Times reports.
Many of the allegations center around Huling Brothers manager, Adrian Dillard, with an alleged history of high-pressure sales tactics, and snorting painkillers with coworkers in the bathroom and off the dashboard of a company truck.
Sales records showed Huling Brothers taking, advantage of mentally deficient customers before Dillard came on. And one sale was structured to help a drug dealer launder funds.
Most alarming, Huling Brothers apparently enjoys a very high reputation in its area. Imagine what's going on at dealerships even less sterling.... — BEN POPKEN
How drugs and greed tainted auto dealership [The Seattle Times] (Thanks to Karl!)
Previously: Car Dealership Breaks Into Customer's Home, Steals $70,000
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Yup, the name is now Gee West Seattle.
Heard the "just a couple bad eggs" fast & early in the article. Then smirked at:
The man had come to the dealership and asked for help ... after it had been impounded.
While two salesmen drove the man to the tow lot, salesmen raced for the cash, police said. Dillard and Coxwell got there first; two other pairs of salesmen followed in quick succession but got only $108 because the others had already stolen the rest of the money.
Wanna bet they're Republicans?
Last I heard the dealership has been bought out and the Huling Brothers name dropped. That decision was made before the news reports of the theft went out on the air, so I don't put much stock in the idea that the dealership had a good reputation.