Firstar (now US Bank) and the Harry Hocks scandal 

A legal tangle that involves two of Cincinnati's biggest banks, the city's biggest auto dealer and customers who thought — incorrectly — that they owned the cars they obtained from Mr. Hocks

Auto dealer accused in lease scheme Hocks customers say they bought the cars; banks say not so fast. Grosser, owner of a consulting engineering firm in Highland Heights, went before Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Steven Martin on Nov. 9 to fight Firstar for the Buick Park Avenue he bought from Mr. Hocks for $26,100 in 1998 Enquirer

Owners pay price for car lease scam. Jack Rose bought a $50,000 Corvette and a $35,000 Chevy Suburban from long-time Cincinnati car dealer Harry Hocks. Now, he's had to post a $58,000 bond to continue using ''his'' vehicles while Firstar tries to repossess them  Cincy Post

Lucker's Car Package " I immediately called the towing company and made an appointment for 10- o'clock, Friday, June 7th because I was leaving to go on vacation that afternoon. BUT THE TOW TRUCK NEVER CAME. FIRSTAR CALLED AND TOLD THE TOWING COMPANY NOT TO PICK UP THE CAR WHEN THEY FOUND OUT THE MEDIA WAS THERE. SO YOU CAN IMAGINE ANNETTE'S SURPRISE WHEN SHE GOT A LETTER SAYING SHE'D FAILED TO DELIVER THE CAR" WCPO

Judge: Car buyers must pay again - About 70 Tristate residents defrauded in an auto-buying scam by the defunct Harry Hocks Leasing will lose their cars to a bank unless they agree to buy them all over again. The people who bought the cars from Harry Hocks paid for the cars, never knowing he sold our titles to Firstar, she said. I think Firstar had an obligation to tell the people they had our titles Enquirer

Auto dealer accused of fraud dies - Firstar, which lost the most at $1.6 million, filed suit against 74 buyers and Mr. Hocks. Most of the customers had paid Mr. Hocks for the cars in cash Enquirer

A well-known Cincinnati car dealer in the midst of a multimillion-dollar civil fraud case died early Monday, apparently of injuries suffered from falling down some stairs Harry Hocks Dies

How much you wanna bet someone PUSHED him down those stairs. Either in revenge for all the trouble he caused, OR, to keep him from pointing fingers (as in, shutting him up permanently so he couldn't rat out "accomplices" in the fraud) Harry Hocks Dies - Re: ACCIDENT ?

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