{"id":60841,"date":"2025-11-22T16:15:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T16:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/60841\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T16:15:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T16:15:08","slug":"el-paso-dealership-busted-for-alleged-illegal-car-title-transfers-by-owner-and-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/60841\/","title":{"rendered":"El Paso Dealership Busted for Alleged Illegal Car Title Transfers by Owner and Employees"},"content":{"rendered":"

A car dealership owner in El Paso, Texas \u2014 along with two of his employees \u2014 has been arrested\u00a0on charges related to allegedly fraudulent vehicle title transfers. According to the El Paso County Tax Assessor-Collector\u2019s Office via KTSM<\/a>, the three were taken into custody as the investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n

The dealership at the center of the case is\u00a0Car Capitol, located at 6354 N. Mesa in West El Paso. Owner\u00a0Perry Wolfe\u00a0has been charged with\u00a0fraudulent transfer of a motor vehicle, while two of his employees,\u00a0Regina Ozaeta\u00a0and\u00a0Mario Uribe, have been charged with\u00a0tampering with government records.<\/p>\n

\"<p><aWhy Paperwork Matters<\/p>\n

Improperly handled car titles<\/a> can create major problems for unsuspecting buyers. If the paperwork isn\u2019t completed legally, a vehicle\u2019s registration may not be valid, opening the door to issues during traffic stops or when trying to renew documents. In more severe cases, buyers may end up unable to legally sell their vehicles later on, since a questionable title can trigger legal disputes, prevent transfers, or reduce the car\u2019s market value significantly.<\/p>\n

A look at Car Capitol\u2019s public-facing website shows the business offers a broad mix of used vehicles. Listings range from affordable daily drivers like the Toyota Corolla<\/a> to luxury models such as the Mercedes-Benz S-Class and Land Rover Range Rover. The dealership also advertises EVs like the Tesla Model 3.<\/p>\n

Beyond sales, the business promotes financing options for customers with poor credit and operates a rental service with rates that vary from around $50 a day for mainstream models like the Chevrolet Malibu to roughly $730 a day for high-end options like the Aston Martin DBX, a twin-turbo V8 SUV producing about 540 horsepower.<\/p>\n

\"<p><a<\/p>\n

Officials have not said how many vehicles may be tied to the alleged illegal transfers, though El Paso County Tax Assessor-Collector\u00a0Ruben Gonzalez\u00a0released a statement, saying:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Office of the County Tax Assessor-Collector takes these types of offenses seriously. We will do our best to protect our citizens from these types of fraudulent title transfer transactions.\u201d<\/p>\n

For now, the future of the dealership\u2019s operations remains uncertain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A car dealership owner in El Paso, Texas \u2014 along with two of his employees \u2014 has been…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":60842,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,1060,140,139,32304,32301,27,2264],"class_list":["post-60841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-county","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news","tag-fraudulent-transfer","tag-mario-uribe","tag-texas","tag-west-el-paso"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60841\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}