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Attorney General shuts down auto dealer accused of defrauding dozens

"I just want to see him get what he deserves," said Nancy Dubois, a former customer of Driven Auto Sales.
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O'FALLON, Mo. – An O'Fallon, Missouri, used car dealership in is in trouble with the Attorney General.

The Missouri Attorney General accused Driven Auto Sales of unfair and deceptive practices in a local court Wednesday.

The accusation came after the 5 On Your Side I-Team revealed how the business was selling cars but not giving their buyers a title.

But what really bothered former customers is who wasn't in court: the owner of the dealership.

"I just wanted to see Eric Carmack squirm," said Nancy Dubois, a former customer of Driven Auto Sales.

Eric Carmack is the owner of Driven Auto sales, but he wasn't in court Wednesday, much to the disappointment of former customers like Dubois.

"He's hurt a lot of people," said Dubois.

Like many other clients of Carmack, Dubois claims the businessman sold her a car but dodged giving her the ownership papers for the vehicle.

So they called 5 On Your Side for help in February.

But when we arrived to question him at his Dealership, Carmack drove away from our questions and our cameras.

"After you ran your story, it seems like everything has really gotten rolling for a lot of people," said Dubois.

In Dubois' case, she got eventually got her title after our story aired, but not from Carmack. She got it from the bank.

Others haven't been so lucky. Like Brian Dawson.

"I'd like my title and my truck back," said Dawson.

Dawson said he gave Carmack his 3-year-old truck to sell for him. Dawson says the truck sold, but that Carmack never gave him a penny.

And the new owner?

He says he too never got a title from Carmack.

"Not only did he do it to one or two people but it's been a lot. More than 30 people," said Dubois.

That's also what the Attorney General's office claimed in court Wednesday morning.

Thirty-one cars to be exact. Sold by Carmack In the past six months without titles, which is illegal under Missouri law.

So Judge Ted House extended a previous order that forbids Carmack and his business selling any more cars in Missouri.

It was something that warmed the hearts of some former customers.

"I'd love to see him face criminal charges," said Dawson.

"I just want to see him get what he deserves," said Dubois.

The AG is also asking that the court order the banks to turn over titles to the customers who don't have one, so they can keep their vehicles. The legal action resumes in court May 1.

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