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46 Ice Cream Trucks Seized in NYC for Allegedly Scheming to Dodge $4.5M in Traffic Tickets
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/loc...Scamming-Dodge-Traffic-Tickets-510871271.html
NBC 4 New York / nbcnewyork.com / June 5, 2019
“Forty-six ice cream trucks were seized from owners who allegedly amassed 22,000 traffic fines totaling about $4.5 million since 2009 and evaded paying the hefty debt, according to New York City officials.
The seizure, known as "Operation Meltdown," comes after the truck owners allegedly amassed the traffic violation fines through a scheme in which dozens of "shell" companies were created to avoid enforcement efforts by the city's Department of Finance, according to the city's complaint.
The complaint alleges that the group operated companies that accrued 22,000 summonses for violations, including running red lights, parking near fire hydrants and blocking pedestrian crosswalks between 2009 and 2017.
The alleged scheme was based off a "periodic, systematic and repeated re-registration of the ice cream trucks with the State of New York’s Department of Motor Vehicles under the names of various shell corporations," the city said....”
The seized ice cream trucks are being stored in Long Island City, Queens.
Photo Credit: Stephen Speranza/The New York Times
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/loc...Scamming-Dodge-Traffic-Tickets-510871271.html
NBC 4 New York / nbcnewyork.com / June 5, 2019
“Forty-six ice cream trucks were seized from owners who allegedly amassed 22,000 traffic fines totaling about $4.5 million since 2009 and evaded paying the hefty debt, according to New York City officials.
The seizure, known as "Operation Meltdown," comes after the truck owners allegedly amassed the traffic violation fines through a scheme in which dozens of "shell" companies were created to avoid enforcement efforts by the city's Department of Finance, according to the city's complaint.
The complaint alleges that the group operated companies that accrued 22,000 summonses for violations, including running red lights, parking near fire hydrants and blocking pedestrian crosswalks between 2009 and 2017.
The alleged scheme was based off a "periodic, systematic and repeated re-registration of the ice cream trucks with the State of New York’s Department of Motor Vehicles under the names of various shell corporations," the city said....”
Photo Credit: Stephen Speranza/The New York Times
