One in Five Families Fell Behind on a Loan Last Year. The Poorest Are Giving Up Their Cars.
The Fed's new survey shows car ownership among the poorest families at a 20-year low, while lenders chase weaker credit…
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Houston Police Say a Theft Ring Had $3 Million in Luxury Cars Delivered to It. Some Turned Up in New Jersey Labeled as Rebar
Houston police say a ring rerouted luxury cars already on car carriers, then shipped some out of New Jersey in…
Hackers Spent Three Weeks in German Dealer Software and Walked Off With Buyers’ Delivery Dates and Loan Amounts
A three-week intrusion into GeNesys, dealer software used by Volkswagen Group retailers in Germany, exposed order numbers, delivery dates and…
Police Say a Quebec Ring Drove Off With Cars From 22 Dealers Without Stealing Any. It Just Used Other People’s Identities to Finance Them
Quebec police arrested the last suspect in a ring they say used stolen identities to take cars from 22 dealers…
Missouri Gives Tow Yards Your Car’s Title If You Sign. One Tow Boss Skipped the Asking Part and Got 153 Months
Dennis Cleveland used forged owner signatures to get Missouri lien titles on stolen cars. The state’s lien law treats that…
A Heathrow Parking Firm Promised a Covered Compound. Customers’ Cars Got a Field.
A Heathrow meet-and-greet firm left customers' cars in a field, on roadsides and in the airport's own short-stay lot. The…
Mavis Owes Pennsylvania $215,000 Over Alleged Unnecessary Repairs. You Don’t See a Dime Unless You Complain by Jan. 26.
Mavis Discount Tire agreed to pay Pennsylvania $215,000 over alleged unneeded and unfinished repairs. Only drivers who complain by January…
Eight Cars, Including Three Camaros and a Trans Am, Fell Off the Feds’ List in a Texas Insurance Fraud Case
DOJ said in July it had seized 22 vehicles from Texas insurance broker Clayton Iley. The October forfeiture order covers…
El Paso Tax Office Deputy Accused of Cooking 380-Plus Vehicle Records So Cars Could Skip Inspection
An El Paso tax office deputy who worked at an authorized contract office was arrested...
Texas Insurance Broker Gets 160 Months for Fraud — Now the Feds Will Sell the 90-Plus Exotic Cars He Agreed To Forfeit
Clayton Iley of Stephenville, Texas, got 160 months for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. The 90-plus exotic cars he…
Iowa Lawyer Gets Prison for Telling Medicaid the Rolls-Royce He’d Crashed Was Worth $194,000
Timothy Anderson valued his crashed 1961 Rolls-Royce Phantom V at $194,000 on a client's Medicaid application. The car exemption he…
Philadelphia’s Speed Cameras Billed a Dallas Man for a Mercedes. The Plate Came Off His Buick in 2022.
A Texas plate number canceled in 2022 turned up on a dark Mercedes in Philadelphia, and Pennsylvania’s camera law sent…
A Stolen Identity Financed the Corvette. A Second One Wrote the Down Payment Check.
Prosecutors say a Queens man financed a $114,000 Corvette in one stolen name and paid the down payment with a…
Texas Restoration Shop Owner Got 60 Years for Theft. His Appeal Says 28 Customers Had Contract Disputes.
Richard Finley's 60-year theft sentence in Galveston County, Texas, rests on a law that adds many customers' losses into one…
Watch: Florida Driver Tossed More Than $6,000 From a GMC Sierra in a Pearland, Texas Chase, Then Got Charged With Tampering
Pearland, Texas police say a Florida man threw more than $6,000 from a GMC Sierra during a chase. The tampering…