Registrar's Decision 18-06-003

ISSUES:

Pursuant to the November 1, 2019 Decision of Acting Registrar of Motor Dealers, (the “Registrar”), the Registrar directed this matter be reconvened to address the appropriate penalties and sanctions flowing from the November 1, 2019 findings.

The VSA was seeking the impositions of the following sanctions:

• A 5-year ban on the registration of N.W. Auto Depot Ltd., Westminster Motors Ltd., and Gordon Valente (either in his own name, or as an associate and/or representative of another entity) as a motor dealer.
• A condition on Gordon Valente’s salesperson license prohibiting him from engaging in consignment sales.
• Administrative penalties in the amount of $55,000 against Gordon Valente personally.

The VSA was also seeking compliance orders pursuant to section 155 and 157 of the Business Practices and Consumer Protection Act (“BPCPA”) and section 26.02 of the Motor Dealer Act (“MDA”) as follows:

• That the Respondents, jointly and severally, forthwith pay to Ingrid Munro the sum of $1,100.
• That the Respondents, jointly and severally, forthwith pay to the Registrar a sum sufficient to reimburse for 85% of their actual inspection/investigation and legal costs.
• That the Respondents comply with the MDA, the BPCPA and the regulations made thereunder.