Shop Owner Sentenced For Warranty Fraud

Herman Cabral, owner of A Plus Collision Center in Providence, R.I., was convicted of processing false invoices for nonexistent automobile repairs causing between $150,000 and $250,000 of fraudulent loss to the Wilkes-Barre based automobile warranty company, according to a document released by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. 

Along with the 10 month prison sentence, Cabral was ordered to pay restitution of $211,644.03 to the warranty company.