Congressional Candidate Defrauds Mercedes Benz Dealership
Thursday, October 9th, 2008Nothing unusual about seeing Politician driving a new car away from the Mercedes Benz Dealership. Right?
In 2005, Delecia Holt ran as a write-in candidate for the 47th Congressional District in Orange County.
In 2006, Holt was a candidate for the 53rd Congressional District in San Diego.
In 2008 On Tuesday, Oct. 7, she was arrested for stealing a car form a local Mercedes Benz dealership and committing thousands of dollars in fraud against Orange County hotels.
According to The Capistrano Dispatch, she will be held on $55,000 with the requirement that she prove any money is from a legal and legitimate source before posting bond.
In July 2005, Holt is accused of going to a Mercedes Benz dealership in Orange County where she wrote a bad check for just under $13,000 as a down payment for a $32,000 car.
She left the Mercedes Benz Dealership in a brand new Mercedes.
Her account from which the $13,000 down payment check was written had insufficient funds and no monthly payments were ever made to the Mercedes Benz Dealership.