Article: Consumer-Fraud Trial against Illinois Auto Mechanic Ends.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Oct. 28 -- The consumer fraud trial against a mechanic ended Wednesday and has been turned over to Associate Judge Patrick Young for a decision.

Young took the matter under advisement.

The Illinois attorney general's office filed the case against Brad Snyder, owner of Tri-County Towing and Auto Repair in Lebanon, on Jan. 16, 1997.

In closing arguments, Steve Szewczyk and Tom Soraghan, who tried the case against Snyder, called his business a fraud mill.

"This is the first automobile fraud case brought in the state of Illinois," Szewczyk said. "We have had 13 victims come forward with ...

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