Nearly two months after Wyoming prosecutors accused a Utah car dealer of orchestrating a scheme to resell hundreds of hail-damaged Wyoming vehicles using fraudulent titles, the criminal case has advanced to district court. After a preliminary hearing Monday, Scott Keith Pryor, 50, owner of The Good Car Dealer in Salt Lake City, was bound over on 15 felony counts of altering, forging or counterfeiting a certificate of title. Laramie County Circuit Court Judge Antoinette Williams found prosecutors presented enough evidence for the case to proceed. Each felony count alleges a violation of Wyoming's title fraud statute, which carries a maximum penalty of two years in prison. The charges stem from what investigators describe as an elaborate title scheme involving vehicles damaged during the historic August 2025 hailstorm that battered Cheyenne. Pryor has remained free throughout the case on a $5,000 signature bond. Nearly $2 Million In Vehicles The affidavit filed by Wyoming investigators alleges Pryor purchased 292 hail-damaged vehicles with an estimated value of nearly $2 million after insurers declared them total losses. Many were purchased through online salvage auctions operated by Copart. Normally, vehicles sold through those auctions receive titles reflecting their salvage status or other branding intended to alert buyers that the vehicles sustained significant damage. Investigators say Pryor instead sought duplicate Wyoming titles that removed those brands, allowing some vehicles to be sold for substantially more money than they otherwise could have commanded. The criminal case centers on 15 vehicles investigators say were fraudulently retitled. The Wyoming Department of Transportation ultimately identified numerous irregularities in title applications connected to the vehicles. Among them, investigators allege, were forged signatures, counterfeit notary seals and fraudulent paperwork submitted in the names of previous owners. Perhaps the most startling allegation involved paperwork purportedly signed by a Wyoming woman who had died