Streetbeasts fraud controversy
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George G. Levin eventually pleaded guilty in the case in summer of 1999, and was ordered to pay $2.5 million in restitution. Shortly thereafter, sales plummeted, and Classic Motor Carriages was evicted from its headquarters. Around the same time, Levin re-opened the kit car business under a new name: "Auto Resolutions" (later changed to "StreetBeasts"). | George G. Levin eventually pleaded guilty in the case in summer of 1999, and was ordered to pay $2.5 million in restitution. Shortly thereafter, sales plummeted, and Classic Motor Carriages was evicted from its headquarters. Around the same time, Levin re-opened the kit car business under a new name: "Auto Resolutions" (later changed to "StreetBeasts"). | ||
− | ==Specific problems with StreetBeasts== | + | ==Specific problems with StreetBeasts kit cars== |
===Aesthetically incorrect body design=== | ===Aesthetically incorrect body design=== | ||
This section needs photographs to demonstrate the body differences between Streetbeasts and other hotrods. '''This section needs a photograph demonstrating a side-by-side comparison of a StreetBeasts kit car with a "real" car of the same make/model.''' | This section needs photographs to demonstrate the body differences between Streetbeasts and other hotrods. '''This section needs a photograph demonstrating a side-by-side comparison of a StreetBeasts kit car with a "real" car of the same make/model.''' |