A dishonest Montreal mechanic who reset odometers before selling them must cease commercial activities immediately following an injunction issued by the Supreme Court a few days ago.
On August 3, the Supreme Court issued an injunction ordering Farih Solemani and the Auto Farih company to cease trading in road vehicles without the permit required by the Consumer Protection Act to “stop falsely claiming that road vehicles have a mileage that they don’t have have”.
On March 9, the vice chairman of the Consumer Protection Agency (OPC) revoked the road vehicle dealer license granted to Auto Farih “because the company was no longer able to conduct its business honestly and competently”.
Two months later, Mr Solemani and Auto Farih were served with 31 counts of exchanging odometers without setting them to actual mileage, using non-compliant contracts when selling vehicles and failing to affix the glass label to the contract.
“Failure to comply with such an order constitutes contempt of court, punishable by imprisonment,” the OPC reminded.