If the cars were purchased on Finance, the dealer would only release the cars with a Bank release note. The bank is then liable for payment. If there is fraud on the finance app and the bank only picked up after providing a release note, they still liable and would initiate their own fraud investigatons and action. Dealer still gets paid. Bank will repo the Cars.
However, the proxy for these cars would be the bank and ownership transfer to someone who buys these cars will not go through as the Bank is seen as the legal owner until paid for and would not authorise transfer.
If the cars were bought Cash, it can get tricky. Cars were delievered with Registration Papers and it does not matter if they were paid for or not, transfer can be done to the "New" owner as there is no proxy on the car.
Technically, the cars are not stolen. Dealer delivered them. They just havent been paid for.
The dealer can go to court and get an order to stop the sale or transfer of these cars. The question is, what is the status until a ourt order is granted ? Can they be transfered ? If they are transfered before an order is granted, will the new owner lose out on the car and his money ?
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