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Feds Say Vehicle Theft Ring Exposes Oversight Weakness

A ring of savvy car thieves in New York exploited a bureaucratic weakness by registering many of their ripped-off Lamborghinis and Range Rovers in South Dakota, a state that lets people register out-of-state vehicles by mail and wasn’t thoroughly checking …

Missouri Women’s Basketball Coach Pleads Guilty in Car Theft Ring

The women’s basketball coach at Highland Community College in northeast Kansas, who once coached at Southeast Missouri State University, pleaded guilty to being part of a car theft ring that prosecutors said staged accidents and filed false theft reports to …

New Jersey Sheriff’s Officer Indicted in Car Theft Ring Case

A sheriff’s officer in northern New Jersey who allegedly was involved in a stolen car ring has been indicted on official misconduct charges. Rafael Galan, a 23-year veteran of the Passaic County sheriff’s office, also faces charges of conspiracy to …

Woman Convicted of Shipping Stolen Luxury Vehicles to Africa

A Brooklyn, N.Y., woman was convicted Friday for her role as the leader of a ring responsible for shipping dozens of stolen and carjacked vehicles worth more than $1 million from New Jersey to Africa. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s …

Sixteen People Arrested on Federal Indictment Involving Multi-State Car Theft Conspiracy

Sixteen people have been arrested on a federal indictment charging twenty-one defendants involved in a multi-state car theft conspiracy. The conspiracy is alleged to have utilized several different schemes to steal and misappropriate vehicles, commit bank fraud in order to …

13 Arrested in International Car Theft Ring

Nine suspects in Detroit and four suspects in San Diego have been arrested for their alleged role in a large scale car theft scheme – a scheme that transshipped stolen luxury sedans, SUVs and other vehicles to Iraq. The arrests …