The Automotive Recyclers Association recently hosted a meeting of concerned parties that addressed flooded and salvage vehicle fraud.
Attendees at the meeting included the Association of American Motor Vehicle Administrators, Consumers for Auto Reliability and Safety, GEICO, Locator Technologies, the North American Export Committee, and the Institute for Scrap Recycling Industries.
These groups discussed their common interest and ultimate goal: to eliminate flooded and salvage vehicle fraud by condemning the Vehicle Identification Numbers of non-repairable and exported vehicles. Non-repairable vehicles are often illegally rebuilt and sold to unsuspecting consumers. The VINs of non-repairable vehicles are also used by criminals to mask the identity of stolen vehicles.
“The Automotive Recyclers Association has had a long history in support of consumer protection and law enforcement initiatives to combat the use of Non-Repairable Total Loss, flood vehicles and the title documents from contributing to the crimes of Consumer Fraud, Vehicle Cloning and Auto Theft,” said Jim Watson, ARA president. “The ARA served on The U.S. Department of Transportation and The U.S. Department of Justice Advisory Committees to report to Congress on key provisions of the 1992 Anti Car Theft Act.”