Thank you for your comments Chris & Bubbles. Maybe I should clarify.
I don't understand your comment that his victims are not able to afford the expense of going after him criminally. There is no cost associated with that.
Going after him civilly to recover what they lost involves many court costs, attorney fees and travel expenses as majority of the people scammed by Jason Jones live hundreds of miles away - this also applies to going after him criminally, time after time when the victims go to their local police department they are told that it is out of their jurisdiction, leaving them the only option of going after him in his home town which anyone knows is quite expensive commuting hundreds of miles and missing countless hours of work to repetitively go to hearing after hearing which many will end up being formal hearings or continuances until the jury trial which can also take a considerable amount of time, even if this happens on a local level, it takes soo much from the victim - especially after having their entire savings depleted, missing alot of work for the hearings can mean the difference between making rent or keeping the lights on or putting food in their family's mouths, this is a concern that has been raised to me more than once.
Contact your local law enforcement and file a police report. The police will act on your report.
One would think this would be an open/shut issue and that the police would quickly act on these illegal actions. Unfortunately, it is not that simple, there is alot of red tape involving getting law enforcement involved. Several of us have attempted to get law enforcement involved and have been turned away being told it is civil issue or it is out of their jurisdiction or that the case must be personally taken to the District Attorney who then refers the complainant back to the police.
If you encourage other victims to do the same, and if their claims are credible, justice will be done.
That is the purpose of the website referenced in this post and the purpose of this post - to get the word out and reach out to other victims and come together as a group - quite possibly to form a class action lawsuit.
Unlike the internet scammers we usually discuss here, this person is not hidden.
This person is very hidden. He uses aliases, almost never meets with the employees in person. It took a great deal of resources and investigating to obtain much of the information that we have on him. Most victims do not know who scammed them when it's all said and done - this lack of information makes it even more difficult for them to obtain justice.
If he is doing something illegal, it should be a simple matter to deal with it through the usual channels.
As was stated above it has not been a
simple matter to deal with especially through the
usual channels, if it were that simple Jason would be behind bars and people would not continually be falling victim to his scams. Also, there would be no point of establishing the site and using our personal time and resources to pursue Jason and expose what he is doing.
There are legal remedies for this kind of situation because the alleged scammer is a known entity.
As mentioned above, he hides his identity. Most of his scams are carried out behind a computer via the internet and almost never in person and typically when a phone # is given it is a cell phone # registered under a different name.
I recommend that you seek legal council in your State. You might do well to contact the Bureau of Automotive Repair in California as repair facilities in CA MUST be registered by them to operate a repair shop.
He does not own a shop. Roadside and Mechanical assistance is given remotely/ via mobile means.
Internet scammers are not known and hide behing the anonymity of the internet to steal from people who live in jurisdictions (legal term) that are away from them.
You just described Jason Jones as an internet scammer - please see above.
There is a post that generalizes these particular experiences, difficulties and issues through one victim's experience.
Click Here to view it.
