Litigation involving warranty fraud committed by dealers is exceptionally unusual. In the rare cases the fraud is discovered, settlements are usually negotiated. When such cases are litigated, the testimony of auditors and investigators is generally sufficient. However, in some cases, the testimony of an independent opinion expert may prove beneficial.

Over the years, Mr. Schmedlen has been involved in many warranty fraud matters in a consulting and investigative role--both throughout North America and abroad. Although many of these matters resulted in civil and/or criminal actions, he has only been retained as an independent opinion expert on one case, thus far. However, his thousands of hours of experience in this specialized field certainly qualify him as an expert. In all but one of his consulting and investigative cases, Mr. Schmedlen has worked on behalf of defrauded manufacturers. However, on his single expert case in this area, he was retained by the Federal Public Defenders Office, USDOJ, on behalf of a client who was charged with this crime.

Warranty fraud is often an overlooked exposure in manufacturing businesses, but can result in significant losses. In one case, the efforts of an investigative team headed up by Mr. Schmedlen resulted in a cash recovery of over $6 million.

Information concerning Loss Prevention Concepts, Ltd. investigative abilities in warranty fraud matters can be found by following this link to: Warranty Fraud Investigations. Restricted information on this subject may be requested from Loss Prevention Concepts, Ltd. by manufacturers and attorneys representing manufacturers by following this link to: Restricted Article Request.

Mr. Schmedlen has given presentations on warranty fraud at the International Tire Exhibition & Conference and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. In July of 2007 he provided a limited training seminar on this topic at the quarterly meeting of the Michigan Council of Private Investigators.

Mr. Schmedlen has published several articles on this subject. He authored the "Warranty Fraud" section of the 1998 edition of Security Business Practices Reference, published by the American Society for Industrial Security, International.

Mr. Schmedlen's curriculum vitae does not include information on his expertise in this specialized field. For detailed information on Mr. Schmedlen's experience on this subject, please request this by e-mail expert@lpconline.com or call him direct at 810/629-7569 during normal business hours.

* This was a criminal case, rather than a civil matter.

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United States of America v
Malcolm Lonesome
Warranty fraud expert witness for defendant
United States District Court for the District of Maryland

INVESTIGATION EXPERIENCE: WARRANTY FRAUD CASES

Mr. Schmedlen has conducted many successful warranty fraud investigations since approximately 1975. While most of these warranty fraud cases were in the United states, he has handled these matters in Latin America, Newfoundland and elsewhere. The actual recovery on one case exceeded $6 million USD, while many others exceded $1 million USD.

Mr. Schmedlen has published articles on this subject. Additionally he has conducted training seminars and talks on warranty fraud for groups such as the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), internal audit groups, and most recently, in July 2007, the Michigan Council of Private Investigators (MCPI).

Questions on this subject? Write Roger H. Schmedlen, CPP, CFE, CII, MIPI

WARRANTY FRAUD EXPERT SECURITY EXPERT WITNESS

WARRANTY FRAUD EXPERT
SECURITY EXPERT WITNESS