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The man received payments to his PayPal account, even though the Formula Nissan dealer paid for the parts

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by Brad Anderson

December 1, 2024 at 07:37

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• Robert McLane ordered lift kits through Formula Nissan but sold them privately on Facebook.
• The ex-parts director at the dealer will face sentencing on December 12.

A former parts and service director at Formula Nissan in Barre, Vermont, has pleaded guilty to mail fraud for ordering lift kits but then selling them privately in a scheme that cost the dealership over $575,000.

Robert McLane had managed the parts department at the dealership, and his responsibilities included overseeing the ordering, receipt, and payments of parts. From January 2021 until September 2022, he used his position to order several parts from Nissan North America. Many of these parts were lift kits costing between $2,300 and $2,900 each.

Read: Nissan Slashing US Production By 17% As It Fights For Survival

According to the U.S. attorney’s office, Formula Nissan then paid the invoices for these parts. However, McLane had no intention of selling the lift kits through legitimate channels, and as such, they weren’t ordered using the dealer’s management software. When the parts arrived, McLane listed them for sale on Facebook and received payments to his personal PayPal account.

The parts manager ended up selling more than 200 lift kits for various Nissan vehicles and shipped them to customers using Formula Nissan’s FedEx account. He falsely told customers he was able to sell the kits for less than the dealer’s wholesale cost because they had been acquired at dealership prices.

While McLane probably thought he could wipe his hands clean of the fraud, the authorities caught up to him, and he signed a guilty plea in federal court back in June. He had been scheduled to face sentencing in October, but this was delayed until December 12. He could be sent to jail for 20 years and hit with a fine that’s double the amount the dealership lost due to the scheme, Auto News reports.