LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Marina del Rey attorney was sentenced Friday to seven years and eight months in prison for his role in an auto insurance fraud ring that stole about $3 million, officials said.
Robert Belshaw, 56, was found guilty in March of five counts of money laundering and three counts of state income tax evasion.
A co-defendant and ring leader, Solomon Morris Davis, 61, of Rancho Palos Verdes, also was convicted on 20 counts of insurance fraud and conspiracy.
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Some probably don't even know what the Taurus X is. Unfortunately Ford has let the dust settle on some worthy sheetmetal. And with the way things are it makes us think that with the coming changes in Taurus and the pending introduction of the unibody Explorer for 2010, the crossover X may not make it to the next round. So the good news is that the 2008 X could end up a fantastic buy - now.
That's not a good thing because it shows that Ford may be spending its advertising money in the wrong places, or perhaps just not spending enough on one of its really good products.
The automotive mantra when a manufacturer launches a new or significantly upgraded vehicle is that it has held the line on prices, particularly when figuring in equipment now standard that was optional last year.
