...so funny...a man takes another's name and lives in a fiction, then accuses others of lying. Even creates dedicated websites to hide behind who he is. And may be trying to make a living with documents that were never his to take.
I bought some Mangusta parts taken off a car decades ago, a beautiful car...Years later, after the car had changed hands a few times, apparently the Pseudonym approached the current owner with the promise that his car was very specially built by the factory, just cut the check and you'll see.... But no--the parts were ordinary J-code 302. At least, if anybody is told that their build sheet proves something extraordinary, then you should demand a guarantee that the specific item is in fact proven by the buildsheet.
The ownership of the original buildsheets here is not clear to me. In US state law, yeah indeed there is a criminal statute of limitations for simple theft, and that time has expired. But if the piece was stolen it has "void title" , if in fact the item was stolen the rightful owner can demand its return. Meaning, even if a car owner pays $5000 to get 'their' document and believes that Vito was somehow the rightful owner, even pays a proper amount and would otherwise be considered an innocent purchaser, in fact the document still belongs to earlier victim (who as I understand, operates a business in southern California). I know its an unlikely result, but think Nazi Art--If the rightful owner then demands the item be returned, the lawbreaker then can become the person holding the item, not the person who took it or stole it.
If the real Author would write a book with the details of the Mangusta build--documenting which cars were built in Germany and key build dates--I'd buy it. But not another $300 picture book...and its harder and harder to be interested when the facts themselves won't be credible.