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Bankrupt Hertz is still wrongly accusing customers of stealing its cars, lawsuit claims

Rent-a-car customers who use debit cards and extend their contracts have been arrested at gunpoint, charged with grand theft auto, and thrown in jail. Hertz says there's no "systematic problem." A Philadelphia-area attorney says dozens of lives have been ruined.

Attorney Francis Malofiy (left) with his client Hanna "John" Ayoub in his garage in Chester where he stores a collection of classic cars. They claim Hertz has wrongly filed stolen-car reports against clients.
Attorney Francis Malofiy (left) with his client Hanna "John" Ayoub in his garage in Chester where he stores a collection of classic cars. They claim Hertz has wrongly filed stolen-car reports against clients.Read moreTOM GRALISH / Staff Photographer
    by Sam Wood
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