The owners of a South Sioux City (Iowa) RV sales company face dozens of new charges as an investigation into alleged fraudulent sales practices continues.
Douglas and Shara Bras, who operate Fremont RV Center, now face 44 and 50 charges, respectively, for an alleged pattern a defrauding customers by selling their campers on consignment and not telling them, using sales proceeds to pay their own bills rather than the camper owners and not issuing vehicle titles.
A complaint filed last Thursday in Dakota County Court contains 37 charges against Douglas Bras: 18 counts of theft by deception, 10 counts of selling or disposing of a motor vehicle without delivering a title or VIN number, three counts of knowing and intentional abuse of a senior adult, two counts of issuing a bad check and single counts of conspiracy, theft by unlawful taking, aiding consummation of a felony and second-degree forgery.
He has yet to be arrested on those charges.
An amended complaint filed against Shara Bras added 35 charges: 18 counts of theft by deception, 10 counts of selling or disposing of a motor vehicle without deliver a title or VIN number, three counts of each of knowing and intentional abuse of a senior adult and issuing a bad check and one count of theft by unlawful taking.
Shara Bras, 56, was scheduled for a preliminary hearing Tuesday. She was previously charged with five counts of theft by deception, five counts of selling or disposing of a motor vehicle without delivering a title or VIN number, three counts of violation of the motor vehicle certificate of title act and single counts of conspiracy and aiding consummation of a felony.
Click here to see the full report from Nick Hytrek at the Sioux City Journal.
