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		RECENT NEWS ARTICLES *MEMBERS IN THE NEWS:* 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:* *DAMAGE RELATED ARTICLES:* Millions of wrecked cars with safety issues sold and on roads 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:* 19 arrested in automobile insurance fraud case PV man arrested on car-tampering charges Dealer Alert 0911 http://professionaldealers.org/Dealer_Alert_0911.html Odometer Tampering On The Rise, Especially For Leases http://www.thecarconnection.com/news/1066954_odometer-tampering-on-the-rise-especially-for-leases Inspection Company Claims Clocking Is On the Rise http://www.eusedcarnews.com/newsletters/3373-inspection-company-claims-clocking-is-on-the-rise Vehicle odometer tampering suspect arrested in Des Moines, Iowa http://www.news.iowadot.gov/newsandinfo/2011/09/vehicle-odometer-tampering-suspect-arrested.html UPDATE: Court orders restitution in odometer fraud suit Lawmakers consider bill aimed at cutting down odometer fraud http://www.katu.com/news/local/119676044.html Pennsylvania Odometer Tamperer Sentenced to 100 Months in Prison http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2011/January/11-civ-029.html Wyoming Used Car Dealer Sentenced to 33 Months in Prison for Odometer Tampering Scheme http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2010/October/10-civ-1127.html 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 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 Used-car dealer with lots in Green Bay faces charges- Wisconsin http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071213/GPG03/712130675/1247 Police arrest man for odometer fraud - Oregon http://www.katu.com/news/11762671.html *TITLE FRAUD* Auto dealer to pay forfeiture in title fraud http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=715112 Indictments detail car title scam in three states http://www.mysanantonio.com/default/article/Indictments-detail-car-title-scam-in-three-states-902307.php *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