A Wyoming man who was convicted of posing as a licensed car dealer has been given 12 to 30 years in a Nebraska prison. 52-year-old Thomas Merchant, of Cheyenne, was convicted of being an unlicensed dealer. He was sentenced on Thursday. Prosecutors say Merchant used a forged dealer's license when he bought 19 vehicles from the Nebraska Auto Auction last June. The business said the checks Merchant wrote for the vehicles bounced. Nebraska law requires car buyers to be either consumers or licensed dealers. Merchant originally faced a separate felony theft charge for the checks, but it was dismissed. In court Thursday, Merchant apologized for his lengthy criminal history. That history increased his sentence because he was found to be a habitual criminal.
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