The buyer of a used one Honda had his vehicle stolen at gunpoint because he missed a payment. The problem is that the late payment was due to a computer error and has been resolved. However, Florida man carjacked the Honda owner anyway and now could spend more than a decade behind bars for a really, really, real time. bad business move.

How bad was that for business? Well, Guru Auto Sales, located in Miramar, Florida, is now “permanently closed,” according to Google, and its website only exists through Internet Archive. The fall of all resulted from a silver 2020 Honda Accord purchased in October 2023.

As part of the sales contract, the 24-year-old buyer understood that his payments were going directly to a finance company, not the dealership. But for unknown reasons (eg lack of experience of the buyer, shady dealeretc.), the buyer did not receive a copy of the sales documents. So what he he didn’t I know a missed payment within the first two months of purchase would put Guru Auto in default on the $13,800 loan.

He misses the first payment. Whoops! Plus a late payment fee. Double oops.

According to a US DOJ press releaseGuru Auto received a letter from the finance company on December 14 stating that the dealership must pay back the loan, of which $13,000 remains. But the rejected payment was due to a problem with the automatic payment and it seemed to have been resolved by then. In fact, the Honda owner was now up to date with his payments. The letter was probably an automatic one, as “Guru was expressly told that they could not recover the machine.”

Don’t tell Florida Man what he can and can’t do! Because five days later, Erik Hadad, whom the victim had never met, got behind the wheel of a black man. BMW and followed the owner of the Honda. Literally, the week before Christmas, she was probably out holiday shopping. When the Honda was stopped at a red light, Hadad, whose family ran Guru Auto, exited the BMW, ripped the temperature tag off the Accord and yelled at the victim to get out of the car. Probably horrified, the Honda owner got the hell out of there once the light turned green.

But Hadad followed suit and caught him, still “screaming aggressively”. When Hadad lifted his shirt to reveal a holstered Smith & Wesson pistol, the morning’s cat-and-mouse chase ended. The victim surrendered the car and called the police. Hadad was charged with carjacking and brandishing a firearm during and in connection with a crime of violence.

This month, a federal jury returned the guilty verdict. right federal auto theft statuteHadad faces up to 15 years in prison. His sentencing is scheduled for Jan. 9. Happy Honda Days, Hadad.