Lenny Dykstra not ‘Home Free’ with fake business

Former New York Mets star Lenny Dykstra was part of an elaborate scheme to lease luxury cars using a fake business and stolen identity.

Dykstra created a company called "Home Free Systems" and claimed that it was making millions of dollars, but the company doesn't exist.

Dykstra, along with his accountant Robert Hymers, 27, and friend Christopher Gavanis, 30, faked pay stubs and income information and printed documents on a home laser printer.

Since January, the three have tried several times to lease high-end automobiles, including Cadillacs and Mercedes-Benzes. At one of the dealerships, Dykstra, Hymers and Gavanis provided fraudulent information and drove off with 2011 models of a Ford Mustang, Ford Flex and Lincoln MKS.

Authorities charged Dykstra with nearly two dozen felony counts related to a scheme to obtain luxury cars and possession of cocaine, human growth hormone and Ecstasy.

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