(Radio Iowa) –  The former owner of Holzhauer Motors in northwest Iowa has been arrested on fraud related charges. Sixty-four-year-old Daniel Winchell was arrested December 8th, in Cherokee, and charged with two counts of first-degree theft and ongoing criminal conduct. Winchell allegedly kept fees customers paid for vehicle titles and registrations and the customers would then have to also pay the county treasurer to get them. He allegedly sold 63 vehicles out of trust, with money collected but not paid to lenders in exceeding ten-thousand dollars.

A preliminary hearing for Winchell is scheduled for December 19th.