A total of seven people have now pleaded guilty for their role in the Reagor-Dykes “fraud scheme,” according to the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
The Federal Bankruptcy judge granted a request for an expedited hearing on Reagor-Dykes Auto Group expedited motion for approval of compromise and settlement with FirstBank & Trust.
First Bank & Trust has filed a motion asking the court to move the Reagor-Dykes companies from Chapter 11 bankruptcy, aimed at restructuring and preserving the dealerships, to Chapter 7 bankruptcy, which would liquidate all the assets and end Reagor-Dykes as a going concern.
Two more Reagor-Dykes Auto Group employees have pleaded guilty to fraud for their role in a $23 million check kiting scheme, allegedly under the direction of the auto group’s former Chief Financial Officer, Shane Smith.
Bart Reagor has been barred by a federal judge from commenting on a current case against Ford Motor Credit to the public. This gag order, as it’s known, was issued today, Oct. 3.
The sentencing hearing for Shane Smith, the former CFO for the Reagor-Dykes Auto Group who pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud, has been rescheduled for 1:30 p.m. on Jan 7.
A federal bankruptcy court approved a Reagor-Dykes disclosure statement on Tuesday, laying out a timeline for creditors to file objections and vote on the proposed reorganization.
Two former employees with the Reagor-Dykes Auto Group pleaded guilty for their role in a $23 million check kiting scheme, allegedly under the direction of the auto group’s former Chief Financial Officer, Shane Smith.
A second reorganization plan has been submitted to a federal bankruptcy court that would allow a Reagor-Dykes Auto Group plan sponsor $13 million for re-organizational operating costs. This has yet to be approved by the court.
As the calendar inches closer to the one year mark since the Reagor-Dykes Auto Group’s bankruptcy, a bank that backed the group for millions of dollars is suing the company they say started the chain reaction of events.
As of July 1, Reagor-Dykes Auto Group exists basically on paper and in the memories of West Texans. On Monday crews could be seen taking the familiar ‘RD’ logo off the company’s headquarters in downtown Lubbock.
A plan has been drafted to conclude the bankruptcy case for the Reagor-Dykes Auto Group. The hope is it will be completely prepared by the end of July and confirmed by September.
One day after former Chief Financial Officer for the Reagor-Dykes Auto Group, Shane Smith, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud by getting money through false documents, the court has scheduled the sentencing for October 1 at 9 a.m.
The former Chief Financial Officer for the Reagor-Dykes Auto Group, Shane Smith, has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud by getting money through false documents.
July 11 is the date set for Ford Motor Credit Company and Bart Reagor to settle the amount owed to Ford after the Reagor-Dykes Auto Group filed for Bankruptcy on Aug. 1.
Just two days before items from his former auto conglomerate go on the auction block, Attorneys for Bart Reagor say he already paid back the $3 million loan Vista Bank sued him over earlier this year.
By order of Ford Motor Credit, thousands of items that previously belonged to the Reagor-Dykes Auto Group will be auctioned off Saturday morning to pay back some of the remaining $46 Million the former dealership group owes their main creditor.
On the heels of last month’s ruling by U.S. District Judge Sam Cummings that Bart Reagor is required to pay back Ford Motor Credit, the auto giant has come up with a number and a hefty amount of interest owed.
Bart Reagor will have to join his former business partner Rick Dykes in paying Ford Motor Credit millions of dollars as the co-guarantor of the Reagor-Dykes Auto Group.
International Bank of Commerce Oklahoma filed a petition against several Reagor Dykes companies and personally against Bart Reagor and Rick Dykes on Wednesday, claiming they have defaulted on millions of dollars worth of loans and promissory notes.
Friday afternoon KCBD learned that in the first week of the portal being online, the Lubbock Tax Assessor-Collector’s office has processed 31 titles for former Reagor-Dykes customers.
Judge Robert Jones agreed on a motion Wednesday that would eliminate the sales tax for Reagor-Dykes Auto Group customers in Lubbock County that are in the vehicle registration process.
Bart and Annette Reagor are demanding a trial by jury on all matters that may be tried. They’re also asking the judge to dismiss Universal’s complaint. Bart and Annette are also asking for the recovery of their costs and attorneys’ fees and for “further relief to which they may be justly entitled.”
Wednesday afternoon’s hearing in federal court offered no resolutions, though attorneys did tell the court they are making progress. The majority of items on the agenda were moved to later this month or next.
Ford Motor Credit Company LLC and Rick Dykes have agreed to a judgment saying Dykes personally owes Ford more than $58 million. The motion was filed today in the U.S. District Court.
Universal Underwriters Service Corporation, a company who provides protection products for customers buying a vehicle, is suing Bart and Annette Reagor for $2,471,650.64 plus all attorneys’ fees, costs and expenses. According to the contract between Universal and Reagor-Dykes Auto Group, Bart and An
Rick Dykes has issued a new witness statement in the form of a timeline after Vista Bank again amended their lawsuit against FirstCapital Bank, Brad Burgess and Kenneth Burgess Jr. to recover more than $6 million in damages. They’re claiming FirstCapital had insider information they obtained through
It’s been 232 days since the Reagor Dykes Auto Group (RDAG) filed bankruptcy. Nearly eight months later, there are some customers still paying for vehicles they traded to the dealership in the weeks leading up to that filing.
Reagor Dykes Auto Group, Lubbock County, the Texas Comptroller and the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles have filed a notice that they have agreed to a resolution for the 656 remaining consumer title issues involving tax, title and license fees in Texas.
As the ongoing bankruptcy hearings for the Reagor-Dykes Auto Group drag into their eighth month, hundreds of customers remain trapped between the auto group and their local tax collector’s office.
Judge Robert Jones has ruled an agreement between Levelland-based AimBank and two Reagor-Dykes dealerships can move forward despite objections from GM Financial.
Vista Bank has filed a civil lawsuit in Lubbock County court against Bart Reagor saying he is personally in default $1,448,401.23 on a loan, because he signed a personal guarantee on the note.
Eighty Second Street Investments LLC and Lubbock Windmill Real Estate LLC have filed court documents that orders the Reagor-Dykes Auto Group to pay up or move out.
The time and place for mediation between Ford Motor Credit and Reagor-Dykes Auto Group has been set, and now KCBD has learned one interested party will no longer be in attendance.
A crowd of more than one dozen attorneys were in Judge Robert Jones’ courtroom Thursday to plead their cases in the ongoing Reagor-Dykes reorganization.
Eighty Second Street Investments LLC and Lubbock Windmill Real Estate LLC have filed court documents that ordered the Reagor-Dykes Auto Group to vacate its Mitsubishi dealership on 82nd Street.
FirstBank & Trust officials filed a response in opposition to Reagor Dykes Auto Group’s motion to compel global mediation in their bankruptcy case on Wednesday.
Attorneys for Bart Reagor and Rick Dykes are asking a district court to grant more time to find evidence disproving Ford Motor Credit’s claim that both Reagor and Dykes had a direct hand in committing an act of fraud.
In court documents filed on Feb. 4 in civil court, Ford Motor Credit wants Bart Reagor and Rick Dykes to pay $109,091,460.95 following a “massive fraud” which happened on Reagor and Dykes' watch.
On Jan. 17, Judge Robert Jones cleared the way for Ford Motor Credit to take back vehicles sold to Reagor-Dykes Auto Group. In a late afternoon filing on Jan. 31, officials with Reagor-Dykes Auto Group filed an appeal with the bankruptcy judge.
In a surprising move from McDougal Companies, officials sent a news release saying they’re “ceasing discussions in the Reagor-Dykes Auto Group bankruptcy.”
McDougal Companies has been invited to Dearborn, Michigan by Ford Motor Credit to attend a “global settlement” meeting. Ewing Auto Group out of the Dallas area has also been invited. The meeting is to discuss and possibly solve problems related to the bankruptcy of Reagor-Dykes Auto Group.
Attorneys for Reagor-Dykes Auto Group were back in federal bankruptcy court Wednesday on a number of matters related to the dealership group’s ongoing bankruptcy case.
Court documents filed today say the bankruptcy judge has granted Ford Motor Credit the ability to immediately repossess their vehicles from Reagor-Dykes Auto Group.
On the same afternoon attorneys for Reagor-Dykes Auto Group learned a Lubbock bankruptcy judge will allow Ford Motor Credit to repossess vehicles, attorneys also learned Gulf States Toyota can sever their agreement with the auto group’s Plainview Toyota dealership.
Judge Robert Jones has cleared the way for Ford Motor Credit to take back vehicles sold to Reagor-Dykes Auto Group. In the ruling Thursday, Judge Jones approved Ford’s relief request from the automatic stay motion filed eight days after Reagor-Dykes' initial bankruptcy.
In a federal courtroom filled with mostly attorneys and members of the media, Judge Robert Jones approved Reagor-Dykes' request for immediate use of cash collateral to continue operating.
Following five hours of testimony Tuesday, Judge Robert Jones announced he will make his decision on Reagor-Dykes' reorganization plan Wednesday afternoon.
In a legal reply filled with enough rebuttals for a scripted television drama, attorneys for Ford Motor Credit took issue with a number of claims by attorneys for Reagor-Dykes Auto Group Monday evening.
"Contrary to Ford Motor Credit Company LLC’s (Ford Credit) assertion that ‘there is no prospect for a reorganization,’ Reagor-Dykes is not dead. Reagor-Dykes is not out of money. Reagor-Dykes is not without a plan to restructure its debts and recapitalize its business."
In a motion filed Friday in Lubbock’s bankruptcy court, the company asks that they be allowed to take back cars and trucks sold to Reagor-Dykes on credit.
Many customers still find themselves in the middle of the ongoing lawsuit involving Reagor-Dykes Auto Group. After six months, one finds herself still paying for her current car, and the one she traded in.
Ford Motor Credit is no longer pursuing their lawsuit against the Reagor Dykes Auto Group. But the suit is still ongoing against the two owners of the dealership conglomerate, Bart Reagor and Rick Dykes.
After combing through court documents and removing duplicate claims from dozens of creditors in the case for the original six Reagor-Dykes Auto Group locations where the deadline has passed to make a claim, the total dollar amount comes to more than $163.6 million.
Attorneys for Reagor Dykes' Chief Restructuring Officer say they are making progress on resolving a multi-million dollar issue of outstanding titles and trade-in amounts, but admit they are not moving at the speed many of the lenders would prefer.
Marc McDougal is leading a group of local investors who expect to buy Reagor-Dykes Auto Group assets, according to sources. The bankruptcy judge and Ford Motor Credit will need to approve the buy, which did not happen today during a 2 p.m. hearing.
Shane Smith, the former Chief Financial Officer of Reagor-Dykes Auto Group, filed a motion in bankruptcy court to move the case involving First Bank & Trust vs. multiple Reagor-Dykes entities, and others. On November 27, that motion was denied.
In documents filed in District Court in September, Vista Bank filed suit against the former Chief Financial Officer of Reagor-Dykes Auto Group, Shane Smith, accusing him of defaulting on an unsecured personal loan for $200,000.
Ninety-three days after the initial chapter 11 bankruptcy filing for six Reagor-Dykes Auto Group entities, attorneys for the business filed a petition for four more entities to be included.
Lubbock law firm Mullin Hoard & Brown, L.L.P., the former attorneys representing Reagor-Dykes Auto Group and their seven subsidiaries has joined the growing number of groups seeking money from the once-ubiquitous dealership group.
Vista Bank filed a motion last week to try and recoup some of the money they claim to have lost from “bad checks” from Reagor-Dykes entities during their alleged multi-million dollar check kiting fraud.
Eighteen days ago, the Reagor-Dykes Auto Group attorneys asked the judge to grant a motion to compel retail lenders to pay outstanding tax, title and license fees and trade-in payoffs. Although there was no resolution in today’s hearing, more facts have been revealed about what is involved with thi
Attorneys for Shane Smith, the former Chief Financial Officer for Reagor-Dykes Auto Group, have released a 28-page response by their client to allegations about his role in the ongoing bankruptcy involving the dealership.
Last week, the Reagor-Dykes Auto Group attorneys asked the judge to grant a motion to allow retail lenders to pay outstanding tax, title and license fees and trade-in payoffs. In a hearing today, the motion was pushed until Oct. 29 because a majority of the lenders are not yet on board.
Representatives with FirstCapital Bank of Texas have filed a counterclaim against First Bank & Trust and motion to dismiss in a lawsuit that alleges the FirstCapital kept at least $3 million from vehicles that were sold by Reagor Auto Mall.
