Motorex owner jailed - Tuner-Junction

njn63 · #1 (**permalink**) March 15th, 2006, 03:19 AM

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Motorex owner jailed, R32 and R34 legalization rescinded
Monday, March 13, 2006
Posted by: AZhitman

According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, the owner of Motorex, Nanahoshi Hiroaki, 33, was arrested Thursday and booked into the L.A. County Jail. He is being held on $1 Million bail.

Booking Details

Hiroaki's initial appearance is scheduled for Wednesday of this week.

Hiroaki and Motorex came to the recognition of Nissan enthusiasts in the US as they became the only Registered Importer legally authorized to legalize Skylines for US use. As Motorex was able to comply with stringent US crash-testing requirements, they petitioned the courts to protect their interest in the Skyline market by "locking out" other would-be importers from the list of necessary modifications.

Not only did this give Motorex a corner on the market for legal Skylines, it also allowed them to command a premium price for each legalized car. Motorex-prepped Skylines can fetch upwards of $50,000. While making loads of money, Motorex also made loads of enemies.

According to sources, the lease to the Motorex facility has been overdue for months, and is now locked out by the landlord.

The US Department of Transportation has offically rescinded importation eligibility for both the R32 and R34 Skylines, only 96-98 R33 Skylines are still eligible to be imported.

Stay tuned - We'll keep you updated on the latest news as it becomes available.

Lil Sol · #2 (**permalink**) March 15th, 2006, 04:44 AM

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sloganish · #3 (**permalink**) March 15th, 2006, 08:20 AM

thats a bummer

sloganish · #4 (**permalink**) March 15th, 2006, 08:22 AM

what was he arrested for though? obviously a felony, but what?

KibaRUN · #5 (**permalink**) March 15th, 2006, 08:25 AM

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Originally Posted by sloganish

what was he arrested for though? obviously a felony, but what?

pretty sure he was arrested for illegally legalizing Skylines that actually werent legal...

Clone · #6 (**permalink**) March 15th, 2006, 10:54 AM

what? I mean, unless he was basically importing the skylines, not doing anything to them to leagalize, and selling them for a premium... then I dont see a reason for him to be jailed. They cant stick him in jail on a 1 mil bail for not paying his property lease... at least I dont think they can.

jadkar · #7 (**permalink**) March 15th, 2006, 11:00 AM

there must be more here then meets the eye

89civichatch · #8 (**permalink**) March 15th, 2006, 11:07 AM

that sucks

ihatericers · #9 (**permalink**) March 15th, 2006, 11:22 AM

sucks to be him

fwdtamiya · #10 (**permalink**) March 15th, 2006, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by sloganish

what was he arrested for though? obviously a felony, but what?

Selling w/o a license

The owner of the building he was operating out of changed the locks over a month ago because he wasn't paying the rent i believe

There is a rumour he was selling R32s and R34s with R33 vin tags

and here's what his police report says

1 524 PC ATTEMPTED EXTORTION *
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02 664-207(A) PC ATTEMPTED KIDNAPPING *
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03 245(A)(1) PC ASSAULT W DEADLY WEAPON/INSTR. *
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04 244.5(B) PC ASSAULT W/STUN GUN OR TASER *
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05 140(A) PC THREATENING A WITNESS *

lots of serious charges on this guy

+RandomHero+ · #11 (**permalink**) March 15th, 2006, 12:30 PM

he created a monoploly on the market....but i dunno if you can get areested for that

njn63 · #12 (**permalink**) March 15th, 2006, 12:32 PM

i guess it's not quite common knowledge that Motorex hasn't imported a skyline legally in over a year and the owner "legalized" a couple, sent them to buyers and they were revoked. Then Motorex turned their back and said they couldn't do anything for them.

There are a number of people out there pissed off at Motorex and that guy owes a TON of people money for deposits on cars that were never delivered or cars that didn't pass. Honestly suprised he isn't dead yet and he's probably safer in jail. Last i heard (like 6 months ago) there was a class action suit being filed against him but havn't heard anything more than that.

This is all going off memory and what i read on a message board a while ago.

Blake · #13 (**permalink**) March 15th, 2006, 12:32 PM

damn thats crazy

jadkar · #14 (**permalink**) March 15th, 2006, 12:40 PM

those charges are hard core gangsta!!!

Clone · #15 (**permalink**) March 15th, 2006, 12:46 PM

extortion, kidnapping, threatening witnesses... that guys into something other than just cars.

jadkar · #16 (**permalink**) March 15th, 2006, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Clone

extortion, kidnapping, threatening witnesses... that guys into something other than just cars.

I'm thinking the same thing......it sounds like "Romeo must die"

ihatericers · #17 (**permalink**) March 15th, 2006, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Clone

extortion, kidnapping, threatening witnesses... that guys into something other than just cars.

these nigga's roll hard

#18 (**permalink**) March 15th, 2006, 02:28 PM

interesting

Lil Sol · #19 (**permalink**) March 15th, 2006, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by njn63

i guess it's not quite common knowledge that Motorex hasn't imported a skyline legally in over a year and the owner "legalized" a couple, sent them to buyers and they were revoked. Then Motorex turned their back and said they couldn't do anything for them.

There are a number of people out there pissed off at Motorex and that guy owes a TON of people money for deposits on cars that were never delivered or cars that didn't pass. Honestly suprised he isn't dead yet and he's probably safer in jail. Last i heard (like 6 months ago) there was a class action suit being filed against him but havn't heard anything more than that.

This is all going off memory and what i read on a message board a while ago.

He lied to the government about how to legalize a skyline, thats why he's in jail.

scottigee · #20 (**permalink**) March 15th, 2006, 09:34 PM

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Not only did this give Motorex a corner on the market for legal Skylines, it also allowed them to command a premium price for each legalized car. Motorex-prepped Skylines can fetch upwards of $50,000.

$50k? I thought I heard that a full blown Vspec R34 went for $90k out of Motorex.?
That's too bad for him but the GTR will be here soon...