Metro man in car limbo following Lawrence Kia purchase

Has title with lien holder, but no loan

IMAGINE BUYING A CARONLY TO FIND OUT THELOAN YOU THOUGHT YOUHAD... DOESN'T EXIST.IT HAPPENED TO ALAWRENCE KIACUSTOMER.AND AS WE FIRSTREPORTED LAST MONTH,THERE ARE CLAIMS THADEALERSHIP FALSIFIEDHUNDREDS -- POSSIBLYTHOUSANDS -- OFCUSTOMERS' LOANAPPLICATIONS.THE I-TEAM'S ANDYALCOCK HAS OUREXCLUSIVE UPDATE ON ABUNGLED LOANCONTRACT.Ryan Schuetz"HAD I KNOWN WHAT IKNOW NOW, OBVIOUSLY,WOULD NEVER WANT TODO BUSINESS WITH THESEPEOPLE."RYAN SCHUETZ IS IN CLIMBO.IN MAY, documents show HEBOUGHT THIS OPTIMAFROM LAWRENCE KIA.HIS DEAL TO PAY BACK THECAR WAS THROUGH AZURACREDIT UNION.THE CAR TITLE ALSO LISTSHIS LIEN HOLDER ASAZURA.RYAN SCHUETZ/LAWRENCE KIACUSTOMER"MY INSURANCE COMPANYTHINKS THAT I HAVE A CAND A LIEN WITH AZURACREDIT UNION.

UP UNTILTHESE PAST COUPLEWEEKS, I THOUGHT I DIDTOO.BUT AFTER ABOUT TWOMONTHS PASSED,SCHUETZ NEVERRECEIVED A PAYMENTBOOK FROM AZURA.WHEN HE CALLED, AZURAREPS TOLD SCHUETZ THEYHAD NO CAR LOAN ONRECORD FOR HIM ON HISMAY DEAL.Ryan Schuetz"RIGHT NOW I HAVE APHYSICAL CAR, I HAVE APHYSICAL CAR TITSAYING THAT I HAVE A LIENWITH AZURA CREDIT UNIONLISTED ON THE BACK, BUT IHAVE NO PLACE TO MAKE APAYMENT."Andy Alcock"WE REACHED OUTBOTH LAWRENCE KIA ANDAZURA CREDIT UNION TOFIND OUT WHAT HAPPENEDTO SCHUETZ.

AN AZURAREPRESENTATIVE TOLDTHE CREDIT UNIONSTOPPED ACCEPTING NEWLOANS FROM LAWRENCEKIA IN JUNE."THAT DECISION followedSEVERAL I-TEAM REPORTSIN JUNE.WE DOCUMENTED CLAIMSLAWRENCE KIA HAS FORYEARS BEEN SENDINGFALSIFIED LOANAPPLICATIONS WITHINLFATED CUSTOMERINCOMES TO LENDERS TSELL MORE CARS.FORMER LAWRENCE KIAEMPLOYEE MARKKAVANAUGH TOLD USOWNER/MANAGER CHINRAJAPAKSHA ASKED HIMTO REVIEW CUSTOMERDEALS BEFORE KavanaughLEFT THE BUSINESS THISPAST APRIL.MARK KAVANAUGH/FORMERLAWRENCE KIA EMPLOYEE"FROM THE SHORT TIMETHAT I BECAME INVOLVED,ROUGHLY A COUPLE OFMONTHS, I UNCOVEREDHUNDREDS OF DEALS"HUNDREDS?""HUNDREDS"."AND EVERY TIME, THEYINFLATED THECUSTOMER'S INCOME?""EVERY TIME, THE INCOMEWAS INFLATED."RON ZAHORIK/FORMERLAWRENCE KIA SALESMAN"WORD THAT THERE'SPROBABLY HUNDREDS OFCASES, I'LL BET THAT'SPROBABLY MORE LIKETHOUSANDS."FORMER LAWRENCE KIASALESMAN RON ZAHORIKTOLD US LIKE KAVANAUGH,HE TOO LEFT THEDEALERSHIP BECAUSE OFMANAGEMENT BUSINESSPRACTICES.WHEN WE WENT TOLAWRENCE KIA LAST WEEKTO GET ANSWERS TOSCHUETZ'S PROBLEM, TWOMEN CAME OUTSIDE ANDSHOT CELL PHONE VIDEOOF US SHOOTINGDEALERSHIP VIDEO, BUTNOBODY TALKED.Ryan Schue"I DO NOT WANT TO DOBUSINESS WITH THESEPEOPLE KNOWING WHATYOU GUYS HAVE HELPEDSHINE THE LIGHT ON."SCHUETZ IS ALSOCONCERNED AFTERPUTTING $1200 DOWN OHIS DEAL AND TRADING INHIS OLD CAR, HIS new CCOULD GET REPOSSESSEDFOR NON-PAYMENT...EVENTHOUGH THROUGH NOFAULT OF HIS OWN, HE HASNO LENDER.I'M INVESTIGATOR ANDYALCOCK 41 ACTION NEWS.