Staff file photo by DAMIEN FISHER

CONCORD – Two former employees of a defunct classic car consignment dealership are stating in court documents that the company forged titles, invented repair bills and didn’t pay car owners what they were due.

Dusty Old Cars owner Stephan Condodemetraky is facing 30 felony criminal counts for his alleged actions running the business, as well as two lawsuits seeking a total of close to $5 million filed by the court-appointed bankruptcy trustee alleging financial misconduct, and claiming that the business was a Ponzi scheme.

The lawsuits, filed by Nashua attorney Michael Askenaizer, name several Dusty Old Cars employees as co-defendants. Now, two of those employees are backing up claims made against Condodemetraky in their responses to the lawsuits.

Christopher Haes and Savannah Lockwood, both former employees, state in their responses to Askenaizer’s lawsuits that they were both aware of consignment customers’ cars being sold, and Dusty Old Cars not telling the customers about the sales for an undetermined amount of time.

In the more than 100 complaints filed against Dusty Old Cars with the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office, numerous customers complained they were never told when their car was sold, and either never paid in full, or never paid at all.

In his response, Haes goes on to state that he was aware of Condodemetraky forging signatures on titles for cars. The alleged forgery of signatures is the basis for 19 criminal charges against Condodemetraky.

“Defendant is aware of consumer names being forged to title certificates or title applications,” Haes states in his lawsuit response.

Haes also acknowledges a long-standing accusation against Condodemetraky, that he stuck people with faked repair bills, and that he did not tell consignment customers the true sales price their cars netted.

“In terms of the factual allegations, defendant believes that acting through or under the direction of Stephen (sic) Condodemetraky, repair bills were inflated, consumers were misled as to the actual sale prices,” Haes states in his response.

Condodemetraky’s criminal case is split between three counties, Merrimack, Hillsborough and Rockingham. Of the 20 charges lodged against him in the Merrimack County Superior Court in Concord, one charge of witness tampering involves Haes. According to the criminal charge, Condodemetraky tried to get Haes to lie to investigators in the criminal case.

Both Haes and Lockwood have reached agreements with Askenaizer to settle the claims against them in the lawsuit. Haes is agreeing to pay $5,000, which will be used to repair creditors.

Damien Fisher can be reached at 594-1245 or dfisher@nashuatelegraph.com or @Telegraph_DF.