Complaint Review: The Carlyle Motor Club Luxotic Motoring Or Red Carpet Leasing Michael Brantley David Van Patte - Beverly Hills California

I too have been ripped off by Patrick Connelly.  He contacted me via a company called Status Motor Car in Beverly Hills, CA.  My car was also listed on Swap-a-Lease.  Their website, www.statusmotorcar.com looked legit.  I checked BBB and they had an A rating, it is now an F.  I was in a desperate situation so I took a chance.  No payments were made.   Finally after going to their address of 468 N. Camden Drive 2nd Floor Beverly Hills, CA 90210, it turned out to be an executive suite and they were just using the address.  No actual office existed.  I was able to recover my car after much work. There was slight damage but nothing major.  I consider myself lucky although I now have to come up with 4 months worth of payments.  If anyone knows how I can recover my money and have the damages paid for please let me know.

Thank you for your comments regarding this fraudulent business. I too, was contacted by this company after they saw my car on Swapalease.com. Something about the business did not seem to be legitimate. I contacted Swapalease.com to ask if Carlyle Motoring is, in fact, one of the fraudulent companies that they warn their customers about. They, confirmed that it was. For anyone out there contemplating getting into business with these guys, please think twice! Thanks again for your comments.

I KNOW EVERYONE WORKING AT CARLYLE MOTOR CLUB AND WAS GOING TO GIVE MY CAR TO THEM UNTIL I FOUND OUT THAT THEY ARE RUNNING AN ILLEGAL SUBLEASING OPERATION IN VIOLATION OF CA PENAL CODE SECTIONS 570-574 (UNLAWFUL SUBLEASING OF VEHICLES). IN ADDITION ALL OF THEIR CONTRACTS ARE IN VIOLATION OF ALL ORIGINAL LEASING CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS WHICH PROHIBIT AN ORIGINAL LESSEE FROM SUBLEASING A LEASED VEHICLE AND WILL CAUSE A LEASING COMPANY TO CONSIDER AN ORIGINAL LESSEE IN BREACH OF THEIR ORIGINAL LEASE CONTRACT AND AGREEMENT: An act of unlawful subleasing of a motor vehicle in violation of the CA Penal Code shall be punishable by imprisonment in the state prison or in the county jail for not more than one year, or by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment. I URGE ANYONE WHO HAS BEEN CONTACTED BY CARLYLE MOTOR CLUB OR ANY OF THEIR SO-CALLED EMPLOYEES - GEOFFREY HULL, DJ HUNTER, PATRICK CONNELLY, NADINE AND NICOLETTE AND SERGEI KASPAROV (GIVE ME A BREAK GEOFFREY HULL - "SERGEI KASPAROV" IS A RUSSIAN CHESS CHAMPION) IMMEDIATELY TO: CA DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES INVESTIGATOR GEORGE ZOSIMO AT (818) 702-2809 OR DETECTIVE LOPEZ AT L.A.P.D. AUTO CRIMES (310) 482-6351. Everyone at Carlyle Motor Club who is engaged in this criminal enterprise is an accomplice and shall be prosecuted. Carlyle Motor Club is audacious enough to try to hide the fact that they are running an illegal nationwide enterprise by also going as far as posting fake customer reviews and ratings (http://bureaubulletin.org/BusinessProfile.aspx?ID=i3QgBq6d45x6wCBBvsEw2A==). Shame on the BBB and TrustLink for helping to promote an illegal subleasing business, Carlyle Motor Club. DO NOT GIVE YOUR VEHICLE TO THEM. THERE IS NO PAYMENT GUARANTEE. ONCE THEY SCAM YOU OF YOUR VEHICLE THEY WILL GIVE YOUR CAR TO EITHER A DRUG DEALER, PROSTITUTE OR OTHER PERSON WITH NEGATIVE CREDIT WHO WILL DAMAGE THE VEHICLE, NOT MAKE THE PAYMENTS, NOT INSURE THE VEHICLE AND WORST OF ALL GET INTO AN ACCIDENT WHICH YOU WILL BE FULLY RESPONSIBLE FOR. THEIR CONTRACTS AND LIABILITY RELEASES ARE FRAUDULENT AND DESIGNED TO TRICK AN UNSUSPECTING OWNER TO GIVE THEIR VEHICLE TO THEM.

My name is Sergei Kasparov and I am the owner of the Carlyle Motor Club. I have absolutely no knowledge of who this Geoffrey Hull is or why he has been associated with my company. First, a little background on me: I am a 42 year old Armenian-American, (not African American) who has been in the car business for almost my entire life. I begun working for my father in 1985 at what was then a small auto dealership in Long Island, NY (where I'm from originally) called Auto Plus. Auto Plus eventually blossomed into the biggest used car dealership in New York state (sales-wise). My father sold Auto Plus and that dealership today is known as Neil Auto Group. It was with this funding that I was able to start Carlyle Motor Club. I encourage anyone reading this to do your own due diligence and verify everything I've mentioned above and I guarantee you any employee you speak to over at Neil's, (even the new hires), would be able to verify everything I've just stated. Ask them about my father Garry Kasparov and they will tell you nothing but great things. Do not believe the lies listed in that hoax article above. It is true, many people that have their cars listed on Leasetrader, Swapalease, Leasefolks and other lease assumption websites contact us for help. All of my employees, including Michael Brantley, are under expressed instructions to disclose ALL factors inherent in these types of transactions INCLUDING the necessity for registered owners to get the permission of their finance company BEFORE they place their cars with our company. Once the vehicle has been placed in our care, we then pass on ALL contact information of the 3rd party to the registered owners so that they can have full knowledge of who is driving their car. To anyone reading this that has considered placing their vehicle with our company, I urge you to call me personally Toll Free at (888) 804-7852 x1 or my direct line at (310) 461-1948 and I will personally give you as many names and numbers of satisfied customers as you need to feel comfortable that we do business the correct way. There are many scam artists out there in just about every line of work. The car business is particularly unscrupulous. This does NOT mean that every company should be lumped into the same negative category. CMC has been in the same office for 2 years, (again this is verifiable as well). If we are wanted by the FBI, CIA, Secret Service (gimme a break), FAA, FCC and every other government agency that this anonymous person listed in the email above, we would've been shut down a long time ago. Again, we have been in the same location for years. Michael Brantley is a good employee and I stand behind him 100%. I urge the individual who wrote this to call me directly so we can sort out any misunderstanding as opposed to this cowardly approach. I strongly doubt the person that wrote this is a client of ours as we are extremely diligent in addressing our clients' issues and concerns head on. My only wish is that this RipOff Report website was more vigilant about screening who posts articles on their website. If Geffry Hull is a real person he deserves everything that's coming to him. I strongly doubt he even exists. I find it interesting that whoever posted the article posted a random letter from Swapalease about a completely different company. I find it mildly amusing that they said we "bribed a BBB representative" for our high rating. As if it were beyond the realm of possibility for a company to actually perform to a higher standard. By the way, here is our business license number with the Better Business Bureau: 100075790. I urge anyone interested in CMC to do their research before believing this guy's ball of lies. CMC has a client list full of high profile celebrities and athletes. Many of your favorite entertainers have probably driven a vehicle offered by us. We have worked too hard establishing our reputation here in Los Angeles for it to be soiled by such a cowardly act. I sincerely hope all those reading this take the time to call me or verify the items I've listed above before reaching any negative conclusions. Thank you and God Bless

My name is Sergei Kasparov and I am the owner of the Carlyle Motor Club. I have absolutely no knowledge of who this Geoffrey Hull is or why he has been associated with my company. First, a little background on me: I am a 42 year old Armenian-American, (not African American) who has been in the car business for almost my entire life. I begun working for my father in 1985 at what was then a small auto dealership in Long Island, NY (where I'm from originally) called Auto Plus. Auto Plus eventually blossomed into the biggest used car dealership in New York state (sales-wise). My father sold Auto Plus and that dealership today is known as Neil Auto Group. It was with this funding that I was able to start Carlyle Motor Club. I encourage anyone reading this to do your own due diligence and verify everything I've mentioned above and I guarantee you any employee you speak to over at Neil's, (even the new hires), would be able to verify everything I've just stated. Ask them about my father Garry Kasparov and they will tell you nothing but great things. Do not believe the lies listed in that article above. It is true, many people that have their cars listed on Leasetrader, Swapalease, Leasefolks and other lease assumption websites contact us for help. All of my employees, including Michael Brantley, are under expressed instructions to disclose ALL factors inherent in these types of transactions INCLUDING the necessity for registered owners to get the permission of their finance company BEFORE they place their cars with our company. Once the vehicle has been placed in our care, we then pass on ALL contact information of the 3rd party to the registered owners so that they can have full knowledge of who is driving their car. To anyone reading this that has considered placing their vehicle with our company, I urge you to call me personally Toll Free at (888) 804-7852 x1 or my direct line at (310) 461-1948 and I will personally give you as many names and numbers of satisfied customers as you need to feel comfortable that we do business the correct way. There are many scam artists out there in just about every line of work. The car business is particularly unscrupulous. This does NOT mean that every company should be lumped into the same negative category. CMC has been in the same office for 2 years, (again this is verifiable as well). If we are wanted by the FBI, CIA, Secret Service (gimme a break), FAA, FCC and every other government agency that this anonymous person listed in the email above, we would've been shut down a long time ago. Again, we have been in the same location for years. Michael Brantley is a good employee and I stand behind him 100%. I urge the individual who wrote this to call me directly so we can sort out any misunderstanding as opposed to this cowardly approach. I strongly doubt the person that wrote this is a client of ours as we are extremely diligent in addressing our clients' issues and concerns head on. My only wish is that this RipOff Report website was more vigilant about screening who posts articles on their website. If Geffry Hull is a real person he deserves everything that's coming to him. I strongly doubt he even exists. I find it interesting that whoever posted the article posted a random letter from Swapalease about a completely different company. I find it mildly amusing that they said we "bribed a BBB representative" for our high rating. As if it were beyond the realm of possibility for a company to actually perform to a higher standard. By the way, here is our business license number with the Better Business Bureau: 100075790. I urge anyone interested in CMC to do their research before believing this guy's ball of lies. CMC has a client list full of high profile celebrities and athletes. Many of your favorite entertainers have probably driven a vehicle offered by us. We have worked too hard establishing our reputation here in Los Angeles for it to be soiled by such a cowardly act. I sincerely hope all those reading this take the time to call me or verify the items I've listed above before reaching any negative conclusions. Thank you and God Bless