PILOT SPIN
Spin Zone => Spin Zone => Topic started by: Lucifer on October 03, 2019, 06:39:04 AM
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Well here's a new one I've never heard of:
https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/jacksonville-car-dealership-falls-victim-to-car-cloning/993093003
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - It’s a scheme that often goes unnoticed, one that involves stolen cars, titles, even VINs. Police call it car cloning, and if caught, it could cost you thousands of dollars.
According to Jacksonville Sheriff's Office's records, one local car dealership has just fallen victim to this elaborate scheme.
Bo Marijanovic, owner of Drive Line in Jacksonville says, “It looks like a good deal. It checks out, but people are out thousands and thousands of dollars. I mean I’m out 40 grand.”
Marijanovic says he’s knows all the red flags to look for in a sketchy deal. But, unfortunately, this time around he couldn’t catch the signs of car cloning.
“Somebody had to remove the windshield, replace the plate on the front dash, print out the new GM sticker on the door to replace that VIN and then they had a title that was a good title.”
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That's nothing. You can steal real estate by filing a deed at your local courthouse transferring ownership from yourself to yourself. The register of deeds doesn't vet these things, they just stamp and file them. If you go on vacation and someone breaks into your house and starts living there in the meantime, and files this thing, you come home and call the police, they say, "It's a civil matter, get a lawyer," and refuse to kick out the person. After all, there's paper at the courthouse backing up that he's the owner. You have to get a lawyer and go before a judge and get the "wild deed" thrown out, costing you lots of time and money.