 Five months later the newspaper reported that the Excursion had first come to DOT's attention in June 2017 when Chad Smith, one of its investigators visiting the Saratoga Springs Mavis had seen the Excursion in the shop's lot.He noticed that it had livery plates, which can legally be placed only on unstretched "town car" limousines (or "black cars" in New York City).At work he checked the car's registration and found it was approved for 11 seats, confirming his suspicions; records showed it was registered to the Hussain's companies and address.