“Vehicle title laundering” continues to be a problem in the auto scrap and auto recycling sector in the US. This occurs when a car is wrecked or severely damaged and is classified as a salvage vehicle; after which, someone applies for a new title for the vehicle in another state. In an article this week by Tim Novak of the Chicago Sun Times entitled ‘Ex-top cab official arrested in vehicle title laundering case’ the case is explained. “Former top official of Chicago’s largest cab company has been charged with illegally obtaining clean vehicle titles for at least 180 wrecked cars that had been put into service as taxis on the city streets in violation of city laws. Alexsandr Igolnikov, 67, was charged with conspiracy & two counts each of interstate transportation of false automobile titles & possession of false auto titles in an indictment. Igolnikov bought wrecked or salvaged vehicles through online auto auctions or directly from auto brokers. Those brokers would apply for clean titles from Indiana by submitting bogus affidavits from the two Indiana law enforcement officers. Once a clean title was obtained from Indiana, disguising a vehicle’s history as a wrecked or salvaged vehicle, Igolnikov and his alleged cohorts would then submit that clean title to Illinois, who issued new titles for the cars that were repainted maroon and turned into cabs without City Hall’s knowledge. Seven Amigos would then sell the repaired cars to other companies, including companies Igolnikov co-owned.” The full article is available at http://politics.suntimes.com/
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