ROCHESTER, Minn. — A Mayo Clinic employee whose jobs was keeping a 10-car fleet in working order has been accused of paying himself $200,000 for unneeded repairs. Ryan Bradley Lott-Gardner, age 40, was arrested on six felony counts of swindling. The supposed repairs were over 12 months beginning in June 2024, according to the criminal complaint. The repairs purportedly were at businesses called A1 Auto and Rochester Motor Car, which, according to the complaint, Lott-Gardner had spun from whole cloth. Records show 247 payments. Where did the money go? Investigators said vacationing and school and daycare expenses. According to the complaint, Lott-Gardner initially claimed to investigators that he did some work on the vehicles himself at home even though he wasn’t authorized to do so. They quoted him also as having no idea the charges totaled anywhere near the alleged $200,000.
