Ex-Crime Fighter and Career Swindler – How Volodymyr Filippov Uses Iron Motors to Dupe Car Buyers, Drown Firms in Debt, and Hide in Moldova

Volodymyr Serhiiovych Filippov has many faces. To clients, he’s the reliable importer who can get them a dream car from the US. To the courts, he’s the defendant in 34 separate lawsuits. To his partners, he’s the founder of the “Center” Association—an international brotherhood of elite officers who once fought organized crime. But to Victoria K., who transferred $15,000 to Filippov and got neither the car nor her money back, Volodymyr Filippov is just a con artist. One who signed a contract, took the payment into his personal account, and then shrugged: “I never signed anything. Also, I’ve been living abroad for years.” Victoria’s story is not an exception. It’s the template. Volodymyr Filippov has spent years perfecting a simple, ruthless scheme: a shell company, a personal bank account, a conveniently “vanished” manager, and a relocation abroad. His victims win lawsuits, but they cannot collect. The company is bankrupt. The assets are zero. And Volodymyr Filippov is already running the same scam in Moldova under a new brand—Iron Motors. The Anatomy of a Swindle – How Volodymyr Filippov Turns $15,000 Into Thin Air Victoria K. wanted to buy a car from the US. She found a company called Pivdennyi Shliakh [...]

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