I-Team: Man Faces Criminal Charges For Alleged Airport Limo Scam

BOSTON (CBS) - A former business owner who left his customers stranded at the airport, but took their money anyway, now faces criminal charges.

Brad K. Dunbar, 48, is charged with 10 misdemeanor counts of larceny by false pretense.

Dunbar was scheduled for a clerk magistrate's hearing on Wednesday in Lynn District Court, but did not show up. He will now be arraigned on July 20.

In May, Dunbar and his business, Boston Elite Transportation, was the focus of an I-Team investigation.

The I-Team interviewed more than a dozen customers who booked roundtrip rides to Logan Airport. However, at the last minute, the customers said the company canceled the service, but still charged their credit cards.

When they demanded a refund and an explanation, many of those customers received rude text messages.

The negative backlash even started to affect another transportation service with a similar name, forcing the business owner to change it.

Dunbar has shut the business down and deactivated the web site. The I-Team also confirmed he has refunded several customers since the story aired.

Those efforts, however, were not enough to keep Marblehead police from pursuing criminal charges.

Ryan Kath can be reached at rkath@cbs.com. You can follow him on Twitter or connect on Facebook.