Edmonton used car dealer arrested for fraud

An Edmonton used car dealer with a troubled historyhas been arrested and charged with fraud.

Dennis Feldmanwas arrested last week for breaching a court order obtained by the Alberta Motor Vehicle Industry Council.

In November 2015, a Court of Queen's Bench justice ordered Feldman, owner of Miks Motors Inc., to immediately stop operating in the automotive industry.

That court order was issued just months afterAMVIC cancelled the company'sbusiness licence foroperating contrary to Fair Trading Act regulations.

"It is against the law to sell vehicles in Alberta without the proper AMVIC licence," JohnBachinski, president and CEO ofAMVIC,said in a statement. "Those who ignore the law are considered curbers and AMVIC is leading a province-wide campaign against curbers."

The councilbegan its investigation of Miks Motorsin May2014 after it receiveda complaint from another local dealership.

Miks was allegedly advertising stock it didn't own, and was creating ads with images poached from competitors.

Feldmanis scheduled to appearin court next week.