COLUMBUS, Ohio — Earlier this year, Paula Lambert went out on a limb for her big brother David's birthday gift.

"I joined Facebook to buy a car," Lambert said.

But these days, it's a present Lambert would rather leave in the past.

According to Lambert, they bought a Green 2017 Kia Soul in cash from a private owner in March.

She told 10 Investigates the sale itself went fine.

After they paid, Lambert said they went to a local dealer called Vzla Auto Sales LLC to transfer the title.

A temporary tag with that dealer's state-issued number on it was printed in her brother's name on March 20.

Then came the wait.

"We didn't really get nervous about it until it's been like a month," she said.

Lambert told 10 Investigates that just before that temporary tag expired in May, the business pos

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