U.S. Attorney Josh J. Minkler on Friday announced that a federal grand jury has indicted Brian Fenner and Dennis Birkley with conspiracy to commit mail, wire, and bank fraud, according to a DOJ press release. The indictment alleged that Fenner and Birkley conspired to wash motor vehicle titles of bank liens and sell the vehicles for personal profit. According to the indictment, Fenner targeted financially distressed individuals who were upside down on their auto loans. He allegedly promised to pay their bankruptcy attorneys’ fees if they turned their vehicles over to him. The indictment alleges that between 2013 and 2016, numerous individuals from all around the United States signed on with Fenner and had their vehicles towed to and stored on Fenner’s lots in Indianapolis, in exchange for what they thought would be a “free” bankruptcy.
