Mo. woman pleads guilty in exported vehicle scheme
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A Missouri woman who prosecutors say played a central role in a scheme to buy more than 300 vehicles with phony titles and improperly export them has pleaded guilty to federal wire fraud.
Patrice Robertson pleaded guilty Tuesday as part of a plea agreement. She ran the vehicle brokerage in Chillicothe, Mo., that improperly bought the vehicles for export.
Earlier this month, a former Omaha car salesman and the owner of a Kansas trucking company were both charged with 11 counts of wire fraud and one conspiracy charge.
Authorities say the three purchased roughly 342 vehicles fraudulently from at least six different dealerships in Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri and Ohio.
The Nebraska State Patrol launched the investigation in 2006 after several Hummers ostensibly to local buyers weren't registered in the state.
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Grounds for Divorce in Ohio - Sylkatis Law, LLC
A divorce in Ohio is filed when there is typically “fault” by one of the parties and party not at “fault” seeks to end the marriage. A court in Ohio may grant a divorce for the following reasons:
• Willful absence of the adverse party for one year
• Adultery
• Extreme cruelty
• Fraudulent contract
• Any gross neglect of duty
• Habitual drunkenness
• Imprisonment in a correctional institution at the time of filing the complaint
• Procurement of a divorce outside this state by the other party
Additionally, there are two “no-fault” basis for which a court may grant a divorce:
• When the parties have, without interruption for one year, lived separate and apart without cohabitation
• Incompatibility, unless denied by either party
However, whether or not the the court grants the divorce for “fault” or not, in Ohio the party not at “fault” will not get a bigger slice of the marital property.