Afzal Khan, originally from Edinburgh, has been ordered to pay 50 victims
A Scots-born businessman who was on the FBI's Most Wanted list for carrying out a luxury car fraud has been ordered to pay his victims almost £3million in compensation. Afzal Khan fled the US and spent more than five years on the run after being accused of conning a string of customers and financial firms at a motor dealership he ran in New Jersey.
He has now been told he must repay £2.8million to around 50 victims following a restitution hearing at the US District Court of New Jersey. The flamboyant businessman, known to his clients as 'Bobby', opened the Emporio Motor Group in New Jersey in 2013 and maintained a high profile. He also received loans for cars that were delivered, but for which neither he nor Emporio had title documents. As a result, the purchasers of these cars were liable for the loan, but could not register the vehicles. Khan also offered to sell cars for customers, and then neither returned the cars nor provided any money from car sales.
He was placed on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted 'white collar criminals' list. In a written ruling, Judge William J Martini said: "Pursuant to the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act, the Government requests restitution for losses incurred by approximately 50 of defendant Afzal Khan and Emporio Motor Group LLC's fraud victims.
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