LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Marina del Rey attorney was sentenced Friday to seven years and eight months in prison for his role in an auto insurance fraud ring that stole about $3 million, officials said.
Robert Belshaw, 56, was found guilty in March of five counts of money laundering and three counts of state income tax evasion.
A co-defendant and ring leader, Solomon Morris Davis, 61, of Rancho Palos Verdes, also was convicted on 20 counts of insurance fraud and conspiracy.
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The Sequoia is an excellent example of how to build a big, stylish SUV. It has incredible performance for a three-ton vehicle when pulled by the 5.7-liter V-8, mated to a six-speed automatic.
We don't understand why Mazda sells only on average about 100,000 units a year of its Mazda3 sedan and five-door hatchback in North America. Granted, that's not an insignificant number. But when the Mazda3 is compared to its top two competitors, the Honda Civic and the Toyota Corolla, it's a modest number. Both the Civic and Corolla approach and sometimes exceed 300,000 almost every year. We simply can't figure out how a car as good as the Mazda can trail the Honda and Toyota nameplates.
The automotive mantra when a manufacturer launches a new or significantly upgraded vehicle is that it has held the line on prices, particularly when figuring in equipment now standard that was optional last year.
