An Abingdon man is charged in a scheme in which he at least twice allegedly sold a $106,000 motorcycle he was also using as collateral for at least one loan.

The alleged scheme started at the man's business in Aberdeen and reached as far as New Jersey, where he sold the bike the first time, to Ohio, where he sold it a second time, then to Florida, where he was found and arrested.

Since Harford County sheriff's deputies began their investigation, two other people have come forward claiming the same motorcycle was used as collateral for loans from them; charges are pending in those cases as well as in Ohio. Police said the alleged theft scheme could total as much as $500,000.

Joseph Scott Hollander, 53, of the 3700 block of Federal Lane, was returned to Harford County from Florida last week and is being held without bail at Harford County Detention Center.

The owner of Accent Auto Sales, he is charged in three separate cases involving a police search of his home and a bad check he allegedly forged, all centering around a one-of-a-kind motorcycle he sold but allegedly never delivered — at least twice.

It began over the summer when Hollander asked Louis and Grant Grasmick, of Grasmick Enterprises in Baltimore, for a $100,000 loan, Det. Shawn Craig, of the Harford County Sheriff's Office's auto theft unit, said. Hollander offered as collateral a 2008 Boss Hoss motorcycle, with a Chevrolet V8 nitrous engine and a special edition Lynyrd Skynyrd paint job.

"It literally was a one-of-a-kind bike, the only one in the United States," Craig said. "That's why it's so high dollar."

Hollander made a few payments on the loan before defaulting with a $98,000 balance in October. Grasmick demanded the bike and Hollander turned it over.

Once in Grasmick's possession, the company put a $100,000 lien on it through the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration, which Craig said is like "extra insurance, because of situations like this." The lien shows true ownership and the bike can't be registered without the lien holder being notified.

When Hollander turned over the bike to Grasmick, it was with the caveat that he be able to get it back to take it to Ocean City the weekend of Oct. 23 for Bike Week, where he would try to sell the bike to get back some of his money.

When Hollander went to get the motorcycle, he was told to either have it back the following Monday or bring with him a certified check for at least $50,000.

"Even if he took a huge loss, at least he would get something back. It was as low as [Grasmick] was willing to go," Craig said.

Hollander didn't show up until 10 days later with a $50,000 check written on an account at Founders Federal Credit Union. He allegedly told Grasmick he had sold the bike to someone in South Carolina and took back the title to give to his buyer, who turned out to be "completely bogus," Craig said.

When Grasmick tried to cash the check, he found out it was fraudulent, so Grasmick was out $50,000 and a motorcycle, Craig said.

That's when, in early December, they called police and reported the motorcycle stolen.

Craig met with Grasmick representatives and ran the vehicle identification number, or VIN, on the motorcycle, which came back as registered to a man in Flemington, N.J.

Such a registration should have been able to be recorded only if the lien had been released.

While he had the bike in October, Hollander posted it for sale on Craigslist and eBay, where he had two buyers.

One of the buyers was a man in Flemington, N.J., who agreed to buy the motorcycle for $54,000. Sheriff's deputies, with police from Raritan, N.J., Police Department, went to the buyer's house, where he eventually agreed to turn over the motorcycle.

Out $54,000, the New Jersey man is considered a secondary victim.

While investigating the New Jersey sale, a detective from the Kent, Ohio, Police Department spoke with sheriff's deputies about a sale of the same bike to a man in Ohio, who in October wired Hollander $55,000 for the bike. The Ohio man never received the motorcycle.

Hollander allegedly sent two checks back to the man in Ohio, but neither was valid. One was from a Bank of America checking account held by Accent Auto Rental and Sales LLC in Joppa, where the business was moved to from Aberdeen. It allegedly was drawn on a closed account. The other check was from J. Scott Hollander and Donna L. Hollander, with Hollander's Abingdon address on it and allegedly drawn on a bogus or non-existing account.

On Dec. 9, deputies searched Hollander's house and business. In his house, police found evidence of hundreds of blank stock checks, a copy of the fraudulent $50,000 check to Grasmick and a computer search for the address to send the Ohio checks. They also saw a firearm, a stun gun and drug paraphernalia.

Hollander's mother-in-law, who owns the house, told police she had found other firearms in the house; Hollander is a convicted felon, Craig said, and it's illegal for him to own a gun.

The blank checks, coupled with the registration coming back to the man in Flemington, led police to believe Hollander allegedly crafted a fraudulent lien release in New Jersey, Craig said.

On Dec. 10, Craig said he spoke with Hollander, who agreed to turn himself in.

"We gave him a couple opportunities and both times he was a no show," Craig said.

Deputies began working with the Maryland State Police state apprehension team and technical surveillance unit, which tracked Hollander down the East Coast to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., where he was staying on a boat at the Bahia Mar Marina.

Two days before Christmas, Hollander was arrested at a nearby cabana bar by sheriff's deputies along with police from the Florida Department of Law, Broward County Sheriff's Office and the Fort Lauderdale marine unit.

Police searched Hollander's truck and found three cell phones, a radio scanner, two police lights, a laptop computer, more blank checks and other documents that are being analyzed.

Hollander was extradited to Maryland Jan. 14; he is being held without bail at Harford County Detention Center.

He is facing charges in three cases.

In one, he's charged with unlawful taking of a motor vehicle, unauthorized removal of property, theft more than $100,000, issuing a false document, forgery, possessing a forged vehicle title and two counts of theft $10,000 to $100,000.

In another case, involving the search of his home, Hollander is charged with three counts of illegal possession of a regulated firearm as well as possession of drug paraphernalia and a stun gun. He was indicted Tuesday on the same charges in Harford County Circuit Court; no court dates have been scheduled.

In the third case, he's charged with issuing a false document, theft less than $100, forgery, uttering a bad check and unauthorized removal of property.

At least two other people have told deputies Hollander used the motorcycle as collateral for two additional loans; charges are pending in those cases.

Charges are also pending in other alleged fraud cases involving Hollander, Craig said.

"They're realizing they've been duped and they won't be paid back, so they might as well come forward," he said.

When all is said and done, he said, Hollander's alleged fraud schemes could total as much as $500,000.

As for the motorcycle that's the center of the alleged scheme, it's being held in New Jersey, where a judge will decide who owns the bike — Grasmick Enterprises or the man who lives in Flemington, N.J.