{"id":13142,"date":"2022-02-14T18:11:07","date_gmt":"2022-02-14T18:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/02\/14\/hertz-reveals-how-many-people-it-accuses-of-car-theft-each-year\/"},"modified":"2022-02-14T18:11:07","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T18:11:07","slug":"hertz-reveals-how-many-people-it-accuses-of-car-theft-each-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/02\/14\/hertz-reveals-how-many-people-it-accuses-of-car-theft-each-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Hertz Reveals How Many People It Accuses of Car Theft Each Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Photo: Atomic Taco\/Wikimedia Commons)<\/small><\/center>Just months after teetering on the edge of bankruptcy, Hertz is facing another self-made setback. In the face of hundreds of false arrest lawsuits, the car rental company has been ordered to reveal exactly how many customers it accuses of vehicle theft each year.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hertz\u2019 most recent debacle started with a <\/span>lawsuit<\/span><\/a> initiated late last year. The lawsuit claimed that the company had falsely reported rental cars as stolen, resulting in police stopping or even arresting at least 180 customers who\u2019d actually turned in their rentals as previously agreed. (By now, that number is up to 230.) Beyond the obvious emotional trauma that results from being pulled over at gunpoint\u2014as is standard for stolen vehicle stops\u2014or thrown in jail, these arrests subjected the affected customers to freshly-inked criminal records, which in turn impacted their careers, reputations, and family lives.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But why report that a vehicle has been stolen when it really hasn\u2019t been? Francis Malofiy, one of the claimants\u2019 attorneys, <\/span>says<\/span><\/a> that when Hertz can\u2019t easily track down a car, it resorts to reporting the renter for theft. Conducting an actual investigation into the car\u2019s whereabouts would take time and money, making the hasty police reports a convenient cost-cutting measure. Unlucky, falsely-arrested customers are just collateral damage.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Worried that the true number of customers it annually accuses of theft could be used by competitors to steal business, Hertz filed a motion to keep its report records sealed. But Malofiy (who runs an aptly-named <\/span>campaign<\/span><\/a> called #truthHertz to raise awareness surrounding this issue as well as inform affected customers of their legal rights) filed a motion against this and managed to get the judge on his side. US Bankruptcy Judge Mary Walrath ordered the company to unseal the court documents containing these numbers last week, and on Thursday it was revealed that Hertz has filed 8,000 theft reports per year for the last four years. Bloomberg <\/span>points out<\/span><\/a> that because the documents aren\u2019t yet public, it\u2019s difficult to know how many of these reports were made against customers for car theft and which involved other claims; regardless, several thousand theft reports aren\u2019t something to sneeze at, even for an international company.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Hertz may have just clawed its way out of <\/span>bankruptcy<\/span><\/a>, but its financial woes\u2014and its tarnished reputation\u2014don\u2019t seem to have left just yet. The misfortuned customers suing Hertz are seeking $529.7 million in damages, and despite what we don\u2019t yet know about the company\u2019s reporting habits, things aren\u2019t looking good.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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