The Pennsylvania Attorney General's office ordered western PA tow truck operator Vince Fannick to pay $379,000 in restitution to defrauded insurance companies within 30 days or face imprisonment, and permanently prohibited him from working in the towing industry, according to the PA Office of Attorney General. Fannick had been convicted of predatory billing practices including phantom recovery fees and fabricated charges.
Operator takeaway
Permanently banned from the towing industry by the state AG — a lifetime ban is the ultimate enforcement action, and it came from phantom charges on invoices. Every line item must be real.