Car Rental Agency Was Renting Stolen Cars, Then Stealing Them From Customers

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Never, ever have we heard of a car rental agency intentionally putting stolen vehicles in its fleet. But Peel Regional Police in Ontario, Canada claim that’s only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the schemes a local rental company was running.

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The Mississauga car rental company was re-vinning stolen cars, or in other words putting legitimate VINs on the stolen rides to make them appear like they were another vehicle. That’s serious enough, but the scheme goes even deeper.

Allegedly, the company was also registering these cars through false entities, we assume to throw the authorities off the trail if anyone started digging into what was going on. Obviously, that didn’t work.

After renting the re-vinned cars to clients, the company would then go steal the vehicles from residential driveways. This would then allow the rental agency to collect money from the customer’s insurance.