Massive car collection seized from owners of bankrupt DC Solar up for auction

Fox News ^ | 10/18/2019 | Gary Gastelu

[DFG]

An incredible collection of nearly 150 classic and modern cars is coming up for auction, but they each come with a conflicted history.

The cars were seized by the feds from the owners of DC Solar, who have been accused of running the bankrupt solar-powered generator company as an $800 million Ponzi scheme.

Jeff and Paulette Carpoff haven’t been charged with any crimes as of yet, according to the U.S. Attoney’s office, but their situation remains under investigation. In the meantime, the Carpoffs and the Department of Justice agreed to hold an interlocutory sale and put the proceeds into a seized asset account, rather than continue to incur expenses for the storage and maintenance of the vehicles. The sale is being handled by the U.S. Marshals Service and Apple Auctioneering Co. in Woodland, Calif.

[jocon307]

“Is Carpoff pronounced CARP-off or is it pronounced CAR-pooff?”

This week it’s the latter!

[no-to-illegals]

There’s a person in NC that ran for Congress recently running a solar company. Am wondering how long will be before he is arrested

[gathersnomoss]

Paging Barack OBarky..
Paging Barack OBarky..
Please pick up the penis shaped black phone.

[Greetings_Puny_Humans]

Feds don’t give a shit.

[Greetings_Puny_Humans]

That doesn’t seem to be what it’s saying. The Feds are holding the property and charging them to hold that property. They then “agreed” to sell in order to avoid incurring “further expenses.”

This happened to a buddy of mine where the feds took his computers and made him pay for the honor of having the data copied if he wanted them back. They also confiscated his personal jet, multiple houses and cars despite no conviction.

[Falconspeed]

"1968 Hemi Dart GT" Amazing. I saw a 1985 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham Coupe d'Elegance today in the parking lot outside In and Out. The owner saw me appreciating his car, said, hi, grabbed the original brochure out of the car and said it was a wonderful car, drives like a dream and gets 12 mpg.

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

The 1978 Trans Am “Smoky and the Bandit” clone was once owned by Burt Reynolds. I would say that qualifies as a collector car.

[nicollo]

pburgh01: “Who really wants a 1985 IROC-Z or a 1977 Screaming Chicken TransAm? “

setter: "Both of those cars are hot right now. People are buying cars from their youth-does not matter they were slugs performance wise.

Those two models belong in the Museum of Disastrous Regulations.