Flash Flood Weather Can Stall a Car in 6 Inches of Water, and Liability-Only Coverage Won’t Pay to Fix It
Six inches of water reaches the bottom of most passenger cars, the National Weather Service...
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A Jacksonville Man Called 911 on His Stolen 2019 Yukon. It Was Repossessed 19 Days Before His First Payment Was Due
A Jacksonville, Florida, man called 911 on the evening of Oct. 6 to report his...
LA Teen Says a DMV Clerk Told Him His $58,000 Mercedes-AMG Was Lien-Free, Then a Tow Company Said Carvana Ordered a Repo
A 17-year-old says a DMV clerk told him his Mercedes-AMG C63 had no lien. A tow company then said Carvana…
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…
Kansas Makes Dealers Post a $50,000 Bond to Protect Buyers. Two Wichita Customers Had to Sue to Get Any of It.
Two Sunset Auto Sales customers got $20,600 back from a Kansas dealer bond, not the dealer, after a lawsuit and…
Sunset Auto Sold a Mustang With No Title. The Refund Took 500 Days and a Prosecutor.
Two Wichita buyers got $20,600 back from Sunset Auto Sales' surety bond, but only after a prosecutor sued and the…
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...
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…
Of Everything Stolen CDC Money Could Buy, the Harley-Davidson Was the Worst Possible Choice
A Danish researcher spent stolen federal grant money on a Harley-Davidson. Of everything he bought, the motorcycle was the one…
31 Felony Charges Later, Georgia’s Tag Office Has One Very Awkward Question: Who Else Has Her Login?
Every title-fraud story The Auto Wire has covered shares one plot point: someone had to...
A Pennsylvania Tag Agent Allegedly Laundered Titles on 65 Stolen Exotics Worth $3.8 Million
On the surface it was just vehicle paperwork. Underneath, prosecutors say, it was a nearly...
‘The Good Car Dealer’ Allegedly Forged a Dead Woman’s Signature to Sell Hail-Wrecked Cars as Clean
A Salt Lake City shop called The Good Car Dealer faces 15 felony title-fraud counts after prosecutors say it used…