Police: Boulder Kia dumps 10 bins full of personal info --- Police unable to contact owner of defunct dealership
BOULDER, Colo. — Police have chained up 10 recycling bins outside Boulder’s now-defunct Anderson Kia car dealership after learning that the bins were stuffed with personal information from the dealership’s former customers.
A man participating in an auction at the 3200 28th St. dealership Friday called police after he found the green recycling bins piled full with folders, each headed with an individual’s name, said Boulder police spokeswoman Sarah Huntley.
All of the folders contained Social Security numbers, driver’s license information, photos, phone numbers and financial information for Kia customers, Huntley said.
The dealership, which closed in January, was open for less than a year.
Officers tried to contact Kia officials or someone with a Marshall Ford dealership whose insignia was on the paperwork, Huntley said.
They’ve been unable to get in touch with anyone connected to either dealership, Huntley said, though officers have left messages at all the numbers they’ve found for both businesses. The Marshall Ford number goes to a different company, and the Kia number comes back with a busy signal, she said.
The Kia dealership was registered to Edwin John Chamberlain, of Windsor, in filings with the Colorado Secretary of State. Chamberlain’s home phone has been changed, and he did not return a message from a Camera reporter left with Iron Mountain Autoplex, which is also registered under his name.
Huntley said police will decide whether to file criminal charges once they find the person or people responsible for dumping the information.
In the meantime, police have sealed the recycling bins with locks and chains.
Officers have not yet taken an inventory of the bins, which were “stuffed to the top,” and do not know how many people might have been affected, Huntley said.
Rachel and Nate Snyder, of Hot Sulphur Springs, bought a 2008 Optima LX in November from the dealership and now plan to look into their credit reports to make sure their information wasn’t stolen.
“We felt very violated, disrespected and angered,” Nate Snyder said. “They should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”
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