Young v. Sarriedine CA4/3
Plaintiffs William Young and Jennifer Young were in the business of exporting vehicles to China, but the legitimacy of their business is unclear. They apparently avoided import duties by purchasing vehicles in the United States and selling them to people who shipped them to China, where they ultimately were sold to dealers. To acquire the vehicles in the United States, plaintiffs used brokers who acted as straw purchasers.
In 2016, plaintiffs purchased a Mercedes-Benz from a third-party broker, Source Specialist, LLC (Source Specialist). Unknown to plaintiffs, Source Specialist acquired the vehicle by recruiting another straw purchaser to lease the vehicle from defendant Keyes European, LLC (Keyes European), a Mercedes-Benz dealership. Source Specialist sold the vehicle to plaintiffs but did not deliver the title to it.
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