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Tony Bartolome http://www.dot.state.fl.us/mcco/press/2007/12102007/index.htm Flooded cars go to market with little to stop them - *Quote from Rodley Henry* http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/2007‑08‑20‑flooded‑cars_N.htm http://abcnews.go.com/Business/LifeStages/Story?id=3504293&page=2 A.G. and Iowa DOT Sue Aardvark Auto Sales, Bruce and Tina Duque and Others, Alleging Consumer Fraud and Many Other Violations - Quote from Major Kerry Kirkpatrick http://www.state.ia.us/government/ag/latest_news/releases/jan_2007/aardvark.html *AUTO THEFT:* FEDERAL INDICTMENT CHARGES 5 IN PROBE OF AUTO THEFT RING http://kansascity.fbi.gov/pressrel/2007/autotheft082207.htm *DAMAGE RELATED ARTICLES:* But for many in the auto and insurance industries welding 2 undamaged car halves together just doesn't add up Chicago Tribune October 5, 2008 Sidebar: Call it 'full-body sectioning' Insurers & the Rebuilt Wrecks Scam http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2006/airbags/airbags_rebuilders.html Department of Justice Has Failed to Produce National Database to Help Prevent Auto Fraud, Safety Groups Say Information Would Help Consumers Identify Rebuilt Vehicles, Safety Defects http://www.commondreams.org/news2008/0206-09.htm Certified? Yes. Satisfied? Not Always. - Michigan http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/06/automobiles/06USED.html?_r=1&ref=automobiles&oref=slogin *FLOOD RELATED ARTICLES:* The Hurricanes Are Gone, but the Cars May Remain http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/01/automobiles/01KATRINA.html? Experts warn about flood-damaged vehicles http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9582751/ Flooded cars go to market with little to stop them http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/2007‑08‑20‑flooded‑cars_N.htm http://abcnews.go.com/Business/LifeStages/Story?id=3504293&page=2 NMVTIS Information Proposed Rules Federal Register 54544 Vol. 73, No. 184 Monday, September 22, 2008 Judge orders car database to be made public PUBLIC CITIZEN INC et al -v- MICHAEL MUKESEY et al NOTICE OF SIGNATURE, PUBLIC DISPLAY AND IMPENDING PUBLICATION OF PROPOSED RULE After 16 Years of Promises, Better Background Checks for Used Cars *ODOMETER RELATED ARTICLES:* Wyoming Used Car Dealer Sentenced to 37 Months in Prison for Odometer Tampering Fraud Scheme http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2010/April/10-civ-398.html Dealers Fake Titles for Clocked Cars http://www.usedcarnews.com/newsletters/935-dealers-fake-titles-for-clocked-cars Rolling back digital odometers http://topsecretcarssecrets.com/cars/rolling-back-digital-odometers Stuart car dealership odometer fraud http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xEM_ct6RJQ Used Motor Vehicle Dealers Indicted by Federal Grand Jury in Casper, Wyoming for Odometer Tampering http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2009/July/09-civ-719.html Green Bay Used Car Dealer Thao Bee Yang Sentenced to Six Months Imprisonment for Odometer Tampering Odometer Rollbacks Increase 57% Nationwide http://news.carfax.com/index.php?s=43&item=62 BUFORD, GEORGIA, MAN SENTENCED TO 18 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR ROLLING BACK ODOMETERS IN SCHEME THAT DEFRAUDED LOCAL CAR BUYERS USA Today 8 September 2008 Take a skeptical eye to low-mileage used cars http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/2008-09-08-odometers_N.htm?csp=34 United States v. Gary Lee Sutton - Colorado Description of the Sutton opinion on appeal. Jon Setzer of NHTSA and Connie Hatch from Colorado Department of Revenue, and prosecuted by Alan Phelps of OCL. Couple Wins Judgment Against Car Dealer http://www.kmbc.com/news/9820849/detail.html USED CAR DEALER PLEADS GUILTY AND ADMITS TO FALSE ODOMETER DISCLOSURE AND FAILING TO PROVIDE NOTICE TO CONSUMERS OF VEHICLES’’ STRUCTURAL DAMAGE - Texas http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/txn/PressRel08/koupai_odometer_ple_pr.html Charges filed against second Kansas City defendant in felony odometer fraud case at request of Nixon http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2006/121306.htm Car Dealer Busted, Police Charge Odometer Fraud - Florida http://cbs4.com/consumer/Broward.News.Planet.2.394312.html Used-car dealer with lots in Green Bay faces charges- Wisconsin http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071213/GPG03/712130675/1247 WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DENIES LICENSE RENEWAL OF LOCAL AUTO DEALER WITH HISTORY OF ODOMETER TAMPERING http://www.allbusiness.com/government/3721951‑1.html State reprimands local man for odometer fraud http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/opencms/export/nr/modules/news/news_0586.html_786229440.html STATE SUSPENDS LICENSE OF LOCAL AUTO DEALER http://www.allbusiness.com/government/3746428‑1.html Police arrest man for odometer fraud - Oregon http://www.katu.com/news/11762671.html Elkins Resident Charged In Odometer Indictment – West Virginia http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/wvn/press/press07/august/witek.html Tennessee Man Sentenced for Fraud Offense – Illinois http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/ils/press/2006/Oct/10272006_Boswell%20sentencing%20pr.pdf *TITLE FRAUD* Auto dealer to pay forfeiture in title fraud http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=715112 *OTHER* Airbag Fraud Blows Up http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Airbag-Fraud-Blows-Up.html Rebuilt Wrecks for Sale! Carfax Study Reveals Emerging Threat to Used Car Buyers http://news.carfax.com/index.php?s=43&item=48 Dealers Arrested for Issuing Fake IDs to Sell Cars – Ohio May 25, 2008 http://www.fi-magazine.com/t_inside.cfm?action=news_pick&storyID=33329 Proposed rule could protect buyers from previously damaged cars May 28, 2008 http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/2008-05-28-flooded-vehicle-database-totaled_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip Officers Raid Scrap Yards For Stolen Scrap Metal Jun 4, 2008 http://www.weau.com/home/headlines/19529719.html EAU CLAIRE POLICE PRESS RELEASE http://media.graytvinc.com/documents/ECPD+-+News+Release+Scrap+Metal.pdf

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Used Motor Vehicle Dealers Indicted by Federal Grand Jury in Casper, Wyoming for Odometer Tampering