So, do you think Porsche found out and put the screws to the dealership,
or that the owner of the dealership found out and was not happy that he
did not get the bribery monies?
Randy
On 30/04/2024 4:30 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote:
The local Benz stealer also owns the other high-end stores in town.
I'm wondering if this guy is related to a guy I know
--FT
Lawsuit accuses former manager at SC Porsche dealership of taking
bribes for cars
David Wren dw...@postandcourier.com
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The owner of a Porsche automobile dealership in Charleston is suing
its former sales manager over allegations that he required customers
to make under-the-table payments totaling hundreds of thousands of
dollars to secure the highly sought after vehicles they wanted to buy.
Baker Motor Co., owner of the Porsche Charleston dealership
<https://www.porschecharleston.com/> on Savannah Highway in West
Ashley, is accusing James Marino of pocketing bribes for high-demand
cars since at least 2022, according to a lawsuit filed in Charleston
County court
<https://docviewer.charlestoncounty.org/PublicIndex/Index?viewertype=cms&ctagency=10002&casenumber=2024CP1002021&docseq=P1A1>.
Marino has not filed a response to the lawsuit, and he could not be
reached for comment. A lawyer for Baker Motor Co. did not immediately
respond to an email seeking further information.
Marino had been sales manager at the dealership for six years before
being terminated in March after the alleged bribery scheme was
discovered, according to the lawsuit.
<https://www.postandcourier.com/business/charleston-port-union-pier-ben-navarro-dhec-environmental-cleanup/article_e20b71e0-062d-11ef-8ecf-037dc80e1e9a.html>
The dealership "specializes in selling high-end, luxury Porsche
automobiles," the lawsuit states, adding the vehicles "are in high
demand, and there are often numerous potential buyers competing for
them."
A report by Road & Track
<https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a60647682/porsche-sues-manager-accused-selling-allocations/>
states the timeline for ordering a Porsche can be as little as three
months, but "the waitlist for models like the 718 generation Cayman or
even a 992 generation 911 Carrera S can be years long."
"With nearly every Porsche model in high demand, build allocations are
highly sought after and the models that aren't spoken for upon dealer
arrival become highly competitive assets," the magazine stated.
<https://www.postandcourier.com/business/charleston-port-tariffs-china-imports-truckers-alabama-chassis/article_393cc154-00b0-11ef-b390-9327e3cea995.html>
The lawsuit states that as sales manager, "Marino had the final say in
determining which potential buyer would be allowed to purchase these
high-demand automobiles."
Baker Motor says in court documents that Marino's actions were
"intentional, willful, wanton, reckless and malicious." The company
wants a judge to force Marino to repay all of the money he made from
the alleged scheme as well as all of the wages and benefits he
received during his time at the dealership. Baker Motor is also asking
for unspecified punitive damages and legal fees.
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