Former Auto Dealer Sentenced in Fraud Case
From Times Staff Reports
The owner of two Coachella Valley auto dealerships was sentenced Tuesday to seven years in prison and ordered to pay $3.3 million in restitution to local banks he defrauded as part of a check-kiting scheme.
Norman David Stark of Bermuda Dunes was sentenced on charges of conspiracy and grand theft for his actions as owner of the now-closed Mazda/Kia Superstore in La Quinta and Kia Superstore in Cathedral City.
