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- Shafik Hirji allegedly owns, or has owned, a chain of automotive shops in the Las Vegas area known “Purrfect Auto Service” (PAS) and USA Auto Service (see business registry image above), as well as a furniture store in the Boulevard Mall called “Furniture Fashions”
- Hirji and Tony D’Anna have a business relationship as well as a friendship.
- Previously, Hirji had been charged by the State of Nevada of the following (quoting directly language from the findings in the September 2011 Case No. A531745:
“The scheme perpetuated at all of the PAS locations controlled by Hirji consists of selling unnecessary repairs and charging for parts that were never installed.” And, “… in most if not all cases, customers pay for what are commonly called ‘phantom services’ where, although paid for by the customer, services are not done and parts are not replaced.”- To prove this, the State of Nevada set up undercover stings; they inspected vehicles, assuring they were in top condition, installed surveillance cameras in a number of spots in various vehicles, and sent them in to PAS locations. They recorded the above allegations, proving them as being accurate.
- The State, represented by current Senator Catherine Cortez Masto, who at the time was AG for Nevada, certified the findings of fact; PAS was fined some $300,000 in 2011, without being adjusted for interest over the years, and Hirji was “permanently enjoined against continuing to engage or participate in the automotive repair business in the State of Nevada …”
- D’Anna said that Sigal Chattah said that she had a way of getting that injunction quashed so it wouldn’t get renewed; low and behold, that’s exactly what happened. That injunction was never renewed, and now Hirji is neck deep back in his auto business — the same auto business that was investigated by the state of Nevada, which found massive amount of fraud being done at Hirji’s auto businesses in which he ripped off customers by telling them certain repairs had to be done and then they were never performed; but Hirji still charged the customers hundreds and thousands of dollars per vehicle and never made the repairs.
- Additionally, Hirji reneged on a payment plan he agreed to with the Las Vegas Review Journal for neglecting to pay his bill with them for advertising charges in the amount of $435,292.33.
- Through Hirji, who lives in the same gated community as SA Barket, D’Anna has effectively 24/7 access to Barket’s residence.