DENVER (KDVR) A luxury car dealership in the Denver metro is in a bit of legal hot water after being accused by a Minnesota dealership of failing to properly vet a fake transport company that stole a Ferrari the Minnesota dealership was trying to obtain.

Bentley Denver is a car dealership in Lone Tree that sells new and used Bentleys, alongside other luxury cars, like Ferraris. One of those Ferraris was sold on Nov. 4, 2024, to Twin Cities Performance, located in Minnesota.

According to the lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court of Colorado, the gray 2023 Ferrari Roma from the Bentley Dealership was sold for $218,000, and the Minnesota dealership arranged for Angels Moving to facilitate the transportation of the vehicle across the country.

However, Twin Cities Performance said Angels Moving contracted with a fraudulent carrier and failed to check the carrier’s veracity, its insurance or vet the carrier for its capabilities.

When the fraudulent carrier arrived at Bentley Denver on Nov. 6, 2024, Twin Cities Performance said that neither Angels Moving nor Bentley Denver checked the carrier, which was mimicking a real carrier and was located through an online platform allowing shippers and carriers to self-manage vehicle transportation.

“Angels Moving did not provide a bill of lading to Bentley Denver,” the lawsuit alleges. “Nor did Bentley Denver request a bill of lading or verified driver information from the Imposter Carrier before Bentley Denver’s general manager, Bill Mills, released the Ferrari. Notably, Bentley Denver failed to take these necessary steps even though it had just recently experienced a similar incident involving a compromised account of a shipper seeking the release of a vehicle from its dealership.”

On Nov. 8, 2024, Twin Cities Performance alleges that Angels Moving’s owner told TCP’s general manager over text that the company and transport “look[ed] like everything is good and legitimate,” and that she expected the Ferrari’s safe delivery.

On Nov. 11, Angels Moving told Twin Cities Performance the Ferrari was stolen. TCP alleges in its lawsuit that at that point, no police report had been filed. Once TCP learned of the theft, it filed a police report with Lone Tree police, according to the lawsuit.

The lawsuit also alleges that Bentley Denver was asked not to cash the check for the Ferrari sent by TCP, in light of the theft. TCP said Bentley Denver “ignored this demand and cashed the check.”

The Minnesota dealership is seeking triple the damages determined in court, attorneys’ fees and pre- and post-judgment interest accruing at the maximum rate permitted by law.