NJ auto dealership accused of selling vehicles without titles: 'I need that money'

we have an action news investigative report tonight A Philadelphia woman is out thousands of dollars and no car after she says a New Jersey used car dealership took her for a ride Action News investigative reporter Chad pelli found that she's not the only one questioning the Dealer's business practices the auto dealer is accused of selling cars without a title when the cars are repossessed by Banks or ordered returned the company is accused of not refunding down payment the investigative team went looking for answers I need that money to to put a down payment on another vehicle Erica Hester says she's out 8,000 bucks ex after buying a 2016 BMW similar to this a year ago I was looking on the internet and like I was saying I found the the kind of car that I wanted for the price that I could afford she says Auto Emporium of Jersey City sold her the car but never produced a title couldn't get it registered couldn't drive it it it just sat in in the driveway for months for 3 months I would walk she's now suing but it's impacted her daily life she has no car and needs the cash I work at night I was using Uber to get around and Uber adds up the BMW X2 H web of Brooklyn is in a similar bind he says he and his girlfriend also bought a beamer from Auto Emporium earlier this year he alleges the dealership didn't produce a title his car got towed by NYPD for unregistered plates angry he called out of Emporium so he told us to pay for it and get it told to to to back to Jersey City we were like no that's going to cost us money we don't have that money web threatened to Sue there was so nonchalant like whatever take us to court you probably ain't gonna see your money for a year or two so I was like wow it's like you know they've been through this before we took the toour tracked Jersey City an employee said the owner s Rob gupto was not in who's running the show here because he's been named in a number of lawsuits selling T selling cars not providing title banks are taking the vehicles back he's not refunding down payments and it's happened multiple times there's been multiple law suits on a phone call Gupta told me to contact his attorney but wouldn't provide a number I can give you his information nor explain why he allegedly wasn't returning down payments or producing titles they never explained they never explained web says Gupta told him the wholesaler from whom he bought the vehicle disappeared and didn't produce the title that was his excuse Webb received a $5,000 judgment from a judge in October when gupa didn't show up for court Hester is waiting for her day before a judge I just didn't think it was fair and I think that if they've done that to me that they've done it to other people and um I think that AIO Emporium should be ashamed of their self we uncovered a third person suing aoto Emporium for similar conduct and that case is still unresolved we also took our findings to the New Jersey office of Attorney General its consumer affairs division says Auto Emporium has a half dozen complaints but couldn't comment if there was an active investigation I'm investiga reporter Chad pelli Channel 6 Action News