The owner of a Winnipeg car-recycling company is accused of being behind a series of vehicle thefts in the Transcona neighbourhood earlier this month.

In a statement of claim filed with the Manitoba Court of the King's Bench on July 22, provincial criminal property forfeiture director Lisa Bryce alleges Cory Ronnie James Fincaryk, owner of Winnipeg Auto Recycling, stole and damaged multiple vehicles in order to sell the scrap for profit. 

Fincaryk was arrested on July 16. He was charged with nine…