Fraud Settlement - No Wrongdoing for Colin Reilly now of FreeElectricCar.com

Dec. 12, 2009 - PRLog -- After 1,200 homes, 5 years and hundreds of thousands in attorney legal costs, Colin Reilly has learned that you can carefully execute legal standard practices with the best intentions and still be ill-treated. Colin Reilly had to fight the Arizona Attorney General on charges of committing consumer fraud through his business Harvest Properties. The Attorney General eventually agreed to a settlement with Colin that including no admission of wrongdoing.

The website http://www.arizonaconsumerfraudstatutes.com illustrates the three main statues that have been the mainstay of Colin Reilly’s learnings from the legal exchanges with the Arizona Attorney General:

BURDEN OF PROOF IS NOT REQUIRED – In Arizona, to win a consumer fraud case, the Attorney General does not have to prove that anyone was actually harmed. The Attorney General does not have to prove that a company intended to do anything wrong. It does not matter if the company can prove that they had the best intentions and that no one was harmed.

PERFORMING STANDARD BUSINESS PRACTICES CAN BE SUBJECTED TO INCORRECT SCRUTINY - Harvest Properties through the direction of Colin Reilly carefully explained the “subject to” process to Sellers when their properties were purchased. This is a standard and legal practice, but was still questioned by the Attorney General. Additionally, If the Seller had no other person willing to sign for them under a Power of Attorney (POA), Harvest Properties found a party related to the company to sign for them, an act that is legally permissible. Regardless of being legal and specifically authorized by the Seller, the Attorney General declared this to be "Consumer Fraud".

PERFORMED LEGAL ACTIONS AS ADVISTED BY LEGAL COUNCIL MAY NOT BE PROTECTIVE - Colin Reilly through Harvest Properties exercised many legal practices, including the use of Blank Documents and Trusts to ensure his seller’s were treated with respect and could exercise their legal rights in selling their home. Colin was determined to create an environment of seller awareness to ensure a fair transaction. Despite the fact that Blank Documents and Trusts are legal and  were done under the advice of the attorney for Harvest Properties, the Attorney General declared it to be "Consumer Fraud".

Colin Reilly through Harvest Properties took many steps that ultimately led to settlement of no wrongdoing. Many of the actions Colin exercised were not required, but he executed standard practices to ensure a strong ethical reputation for him and his company based in Tucson, Arizona.

Recently Colin Reilly founded Drive Electric, LLC. Within months of starting this new organization he became a top seller of Neighborhood Electric Vehicles even garnering the recent recognition through an interview by John Stossel of FOX News. Under the helm of Colin, Drive Electric, LLC became the exclusive sales arm for Zone Electric Cars in 2009. Drive Electric, LCC offers the Zone Spark NEV-48 for a cost equal to the available tax credit ($6.496.53) leading to explosive growth within the Neighborhood Electric Vehicle (NEV) market.

the website is online now and available for viewing: http://www.arizonaconsumerfraudstatutes.com

for more informatin about colin reilly visit:
http://www.colinreillytucson.com

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Colin Reilly who tried to do everything right, had the best intentions, and still became involved in the horrible effects of real estate fraud. He now is trying to help consumers and businesses avoid fraud claims based on hislearning’s.