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Stephen Rivers

Reporter · US

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Sep 30, 2026
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Jul 6, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Stephen Rivers

    Lawyer Sentenced to Prison Over Medicaid Fraud Scam That Utilized His Wrecked Rolls-Royce (opens the original)

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    A Rolls-Royce Phantom V is a strange thing to put on a nursing home benefits application. That said, a crashed, inoperable one is stranger still. And yet, an Iowa lawyer’s actions involving his luxury car collection and that exact situation have now earned him six months in federal prison. The Department of Justice announced on September 28 that 67-year-old Timothy Mark Anderson was sentenced to six months in prison on September 11. The Garner, Iowa attorney and car collector pleaded guilty last

  2. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Stephen Rivers

    VW Is Killing the ID.4 and Replacing It With an Electric Tiguan (opens the original)

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    One year ago, Volkswagen let it be known that its numbered ID.X naming scheme was going away. As new generations arrived, the German carmaker would replace names like ID.4 with variations on familiar badges that fans have known for years. What we didn't know at the time was exactly which of those names would wind up being used, and when. As of Monday, we know a little more: the ID.4 and ID.5's successor is officially the ID.Tiguan. The automaker announced the shift ahead of the electric SUV's fu

  3. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Stephen Rivers

    BMW, Lexus Dealers in New York to Refund Customers Over $1.1 Million After Charging Bogus Fees: A.G. (opens the original)

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    Buying a BMW or Lexus is already expensive enough without the dealership inventing new ways to extract more money from customers. According to the New York Attorney General’s office, two DARCARS Automotive Group dealerships in the state must now refund more than $1.17 million after allegedly using deceptive fees and unwanted add-ons to overcharge buyers and lessees. The stores will also pay $700,000 in penalties, while future claims could push the total restitution into the millions. At the hear

  4. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · Stephen Rivers

    U.S. House of Representatives Votes to Require AM Radio in All New Cars (opens the original)

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    You might not have noticed if you spend your time listening to SiriusXM or podcasts, but AM radio has been slowly disappearing from new passenger vehicles in recent years. That trend just hit a sizable roadblock in Washington; on Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation that would require automakers to install AM receivers as standard equipment in new cars, trucks, SUVs and so forth. Better still for anyone who listens to it, manufacturers couldn’t hide access behind an opti

  5. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · Stephen Rivers

    Man Buys Dodge Charger Hellcat, Chevy Camaro and Corvette Using Fake ID, Lands 4 Years in Prison (opens the original)

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    Buying a Hellcat, a Corvette, and a Camaro usually requires either a healthy bank balance or some potentially uncomfortable conversations with a lender. One Missouri man took a different approach, according to author: he went shopping for other people’s identities on the dark web first, then used that information to buy vehicles online from dealerships across the country. The shopping spree has now earned him more than four years in federal prison. On September 15, U.S. District Judge Stephen R.

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