![]() ![]() Their sketchy sponsor,, bailed and so did Harkness and Jones, leaving McLaughlin and her other "partners" with more than $6 million in debt. "OK, Austin and F1: Show me, don't tell me". ^ a b "Round Rock's NASCAR Fugitive Arrested In NYC".^ "Helio Castroneves isn't the first racer to have a brush with the law".Harkness was sentenced to three and a half years in federal prison. She was arrested in April 2007 by United States Marshals upon arrival from the United Arab Emirates in New York City, and was tried in Central Texas. After a long manhunt, she was finally arrested in 2005 in Dubai, her Iranian passport was confiscated, and she was ordered not to leave that country, pending her return to the U.S. Harkness entered a plea agreement for fraud and agreed to testify against Jones, but fled the country prior to sentencing. Jones was found operating a sports grill and was arrested for theft, fraud and embezzlement from Wells Fargo Bank. McLeod, Holly and other teams members continued in racing with other NASCAR teams. He became a development driver coach for Joe Gibbs Racing, and opened his own racing fabrication business. With all the quality driver positions filled, Mike McLaughlin's racing career came to a halt. Shortly thereafter, Jones and Harkness fled and the team dissolved after the season-opening race. RYR owner Robert Yates caught on and was able to get his equipment back but not all investors were able to recoup their losses. Harkness threatened their sponsor,, (a now-defunct Austin-based internet travel agency) to pay $350,000 or face legal action. However, Jones and Harkness could not produce the $6,000,000 they needed to remain in business, and their checks began to bounce. When they tested in 2003 with McLaughlin, they were the fastest team. The team made its debut at the season-closing Ford 300 in the NASCAR Busch Series in 2002 with Kevin Lepage and Jay Sauter driving. Purchasing cars from Robert Yates Racing, the two assembled a championship-caliber team in crew chief Harold Holly, general manager Clyde McLeod, and popular driver Mike McLaughlin. Harkness suggested that they form a new minority-owned NASCAR team, which would attract multimillion-dollar sponsorships. Authorities say the couple wrote fraudulent checks and obtained bank loans with bogus applications in their relatives' names. The two became lovers, and Jones, who was married, later moved in with her. Jones, a vice-president of a Wells Fargo bank branch. In the fall of 2001, at an Austin, Texas strip club where she worked as a stripper, she met Gary D. Karimkhani, now calling herself Angela Harkness without benefit of a legal name change, claimed to have served a variety of occupations among them included: a kindergarten teacher, trophy girl, motocross champion, and a wealthy heiress, among others. Four months later, Harkness left his wife after another fight, and a few days afterward was found dead in a Palm Desert, California hotel room of an apparent suicide.Īngela's Motorsports Angela's Motorsports Owner(s) Karimkhani gave birth to a baby in November 2000. Harkness accused Karimkhani of self-abuse, abusive behavior toward him and addictions to drugs and pornography, but to no avail. Despite his proclamation of innocence, Harkness, who had no prior criminal record, lost his seat on the bench and the ability to practice law. On three occasions, Karimkhani accused Harkness of domestic violence, and sought to have him arrested. Despite their constant bickering, they moved in together and later married, even though Karimkhani never divorced from her first husband. In May 1996, the 21-year-old Karimkhani met a 40-year-old judge named Dion Harkness. in a scam intended to gain her citizenship this would be the first of at least three unsuccessful attempts to become a U.S. In about 1995, she moved to the United States and soon after found a job as a stripper in California. Her father was an Iranian civil servant and military officer who fled to Germany in about 1979 during the Iranian Revolution. Angela Harkness was sentenced to 40 months in prison on May 25, 2007.įatemeh Karimkhani was born in 1976 in Tehran, Iran. Her biggest scheme was Angela's Motorsports, a NASCAR team in 2003. All original materials are property of Summers Brothers Racing and the respective author.Angela Harkness (also known as Fatemeh Karimkhani, born in 1976, in Tehran, Iran) is a convicted scam artist. (76 kb) (76 kb) NASCAR Racing 4 setups - Bob Stanley's setups for NASCAR Racing 4. Please do not post materials displayed here elsewhere without permission. 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