press release September 3, 2015
NEWARK – A Superior Court Judge has ordered RLMB, Inc., a used car dealership located in Ledgewood, to pay $693,645.91 after finding that it violated the State’s consumer protection laws and regulations a total of 640 times, following legal action brought by the Attorney General’s Office and the State Division of Consumer Affairs.
The state’s ten-count complaint, filed this March in State Superior Court in Morris County, alleged that RLMB and its manager, Michael L. Bloom, Sr., violated the Consumer Fraud Act, the Motor Vehicle Advertising Regulations, the Automotive Sales Regulations, the Used Car Lemon Law (UCLL) and UCLL regulations by, among other things, advertising used motor vehicles for sale without disclosing to consumers the vehicle’s prior damage or prior use; selling vehicles \”as is\” when they qualified for a warranty; and permitting third parties to advertise, offer for sale and/or sell used motor vehicles on Craigslist that were titled to RLMB.
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