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Texas businessman sentenced to 13 years for car fraud scheme

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A Texas businessman, Clayton Lloyd Iley, has been sentenced to over 13 years in federal prison for orchestrating a wire fraud and identity theft scheme. He defrauded victims by falsely promising investments in a non-existent Department of Defense program and by opening credit cards in their names. The illicit funds, totaling over $2 million, were used to purchase a vast collection of more than 90 exotic and collector vehicles, including numerous Lamborghinis, Ferraris, and Maseratis. AI

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Texas businessman sentenced to 13 years for car fraud scheme

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  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · Catherina Gioino ·

    Texas businessman gets 13 years in federal prison as feds seize his Lamborghinis, Ferraris, Firebird and dozens more cars to pay back fraud victims

    Clayton Iley pitched a fake Defense Department loan program and used victims' identities to fund 90-plus collector vehicles, prosecutors say.

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