马萨诸塞州二手车商诈骗47名顾客获刑4至6年：125项罪名成立、须赔偿34万美元
美国马萨诸塞州布里斯托尔县 Swansea 市一家二手车行的前老板 Edward Cicciu 于11月6日在 Fall River 的法院被判刑。法官 Raffi Yessayan 判处他4至6年州监狱监禁，其后5年缓刑，并须向受害人赔偿340,380.76美元。Cicciu 现年48岁，此前已就125项罪名认罪，其中87项为重罪，包括43项以虚假借口骗取1,200美元以上财物、38项转让汽车时未交付所有权证书、37项伪造或滥用机动车文件、5项盗窃机动车及2项以支票骗取财物。
检方指出，这125项罪名对应47名受害人，多数是 Cicciu 经营的 Bristol County Auto Exchange 的顾客。该车行位于 Swansea 市 2388 GAR Highway，2020年8月开业、现已关门。Cicciu 承认在2022年至2024年间实施一系列骗局，集中发生在2024年5月至9月：出售自己并不拥有的汽车、把同一辆车卖给多名买家、伪造机动车文件与车牌、出售无法通过检验的车辆，并在顾客投诉后切断联系；偶尔退款时，开出的支票也无法兑现。他于2024年10月被捕，此后一直被关押在 Middlesex County 惩教所。
检方在法庭上讲述了其中一桩情节：一名母亲在儿子的守灵仪式上结识 Cicciu，托他出售儿子留下的两辆车——一辆 BMW 与一辆 Maserati，估值21,000美元。Cicciu 把车运到自家车行后称需先维修再出售，之后两辆车失踪、联系中断；Swansea 警方最终在 Cicciu 家中查获两辆车，他与女友一直把车当作私家车使用。车辆虽已归还，这位母亲仍额外花费数百美元维修费，并为 Maserati 补办所有权证书支付了1,700美元——她儿子当初从 Cicciu 手中买车时就从未拿到过证书。助理地方检察官 Nicole Cheney 称这是全案最恶劣的一桩，法官当庭斥之为「卑劣」。
量刑前，检方曾请求判处5年半至8年半监禁，辩方建议最高3年。法官指出，若125项罪名逐项连续执行，Cicciu 理论上面临的刑期可达504年；他同时表示，Cicciu 认罪承担责任是「救赎的第一步」，因此在量刑上给予了相当考虑，但缓刑期间将处于极严的监督之下，法官本人保留对本案的管辖、亲自盯守，任何违规都将换来重得多的刑期。出狱后，Cicciu 可以从事汽车维修，但不得再卖车。多名受害人在书面陈述中说，有人买到的车根本不属于自己、随后被收回，有人至今拿不到合法所有权证书，还有一名刚到美国的新移民称自己仍在偿还一辆从未真正拥有的汽车的贷款，每天只能靠昂贵的网约车代步。检方提醒法庭，受害人很可能一分钱赔偿也拿不到。（来源：马萨诸塞州布里斯托尔县高等法院）
Massachusetts Used-Car Dealer Sentenced to 4 to 6 Years for Defrauding 47 Customers: Guilty on 125 Counts, Ordered to Pay $340,381 in Restitution
Edward Cicciu, the former owner of a used-car dealership in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts, was sentenced on November 6 in court in Fall River. Judge Raffi Yessayan sentenced him to four to six years in state prison, followed by five years of probation, and ordered him to pay $340,380.76 in restitution to his victims. Cicciu, 48, had pleaded guilty to 125 counts, 87 of them felonies, including 43 counts of larceny of more than $1,200 by false pretenses, 38 counts of failure to deliver titles upon motor vehicle transfer, 37 counts of forgery or misuse of motor vehicle documents, five counts of larceny of a motor vehicle, and two counts of larceny by check.
Prosecutors said the 125 counts represent 47 victims, most of them customers of the Bristol County Auto Exchange at 2388 GAR Highway in Swansea, which opened in August 2020 and is no longer in business. Cicciu admitted to a series of scams from 2022 to 2024, concentrated between May and September 2024: selling cars he did not own, selling the same car to multiple buyers, forging motor vehicle documents and license plates, selling cars that could not pass inspection, and cutting off contact when customers complained; on the occasions he refunded customers, the checks bounced. He was arrested in October 2024 and has been held at the Middlesex County House of Correction since.
Prosecutors described one case in which Cicciu met a grieving mother at her son's wake and offered to sell two of her son's cars, a BMW and a Maserati valued at $21,000. After moving the cars to his lot and saying they needed repairs before sale, the cars went missing and communication stopped; Swansea police found both cars at Cicciu's home, where he and his girlfriend had been using them as personal vehicles. The cars were returned, but the mother still paid hundreds of dollars in repairs and $1,700 to obtain a clear title for the Maserati, which her son had never received when he first bought the car from Cicciu. Assistant District Attorney Nicole Cheney called it the most egregious part of the case, and the judge called the conduct despicable.
Before sentencing, prosecutors had asked for five and a half to eight and a half years in prison, while the defense recommended up to three years. The judge noted that consecutive sentences on all 125 counts could theoretically total 504 years, and said Cicciu's guilty plea and acceptance of responsibility were a first step to redemption that earned significant consideration; he also warned that probation would be on extremely thin ice, that he would retain jurisdiction over the case, and that any violation would bring a much harsher term. After release, Cicciu may repair motor vehicles but may not sell them. Victims said some bought cars that were repossessed because they never legally owned them, some still lack clear title, and one man new to the United States said he is still repaying a loan for a car he does not have and must rely on expensive rideshares. Prosecutors cautioned that victims will likely never see the restitution paid. (Source: Bristol County Superior Court, Massachusetts)
来源：马萨诸塞州布里斯托尔县高等法院
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