Stolen Blank Logbooks Used in Car Cloning.

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I know its an article about cars. I know most of us drive as well so have a read if you are considering purchasing a used Car.

There are some nice bikes in the classified section as well. I have pasted some of the content and a link at the bottom for full story.

Several thousand V5 logbooks stolen from the DVLA in 2006 are continuing to assist car cloners in creating false identities for stolen motors.

The story goes that the logbooks had a minor misprint and had been earmarked for destruction - but somewhere between the printers and the shredder, the papers went missing, only to surface over the next three years (and counting) being used to create false vehicle identities. So far over £13m worth of cars have been stolen and cloned in this way, and Police are still recovering around 10 stolen logbooks every week. It is estimated that 120,000 to 130,000 stolen blank documents are still in circulation.

Fortunately a contact at the Police told PH that if you're savvy, these cloned cars can be spotted before that fateful knock at the door from plod.

Full story here.


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