Consumers continue to fall foul of car criminals, warns HPI
Vehicle data expert HPI played a key role in helping Lancashire Police’s Stolen Vehicle Squad arrest a gang of vehicle thieves, operating in Preston. Together, the gang stole and cloned 16 vehicles valued at £153,000, using stolen V5 log books and then advertising them in Autotrader. The police were able to recover all the vehicles, although innocent members of the public were still conned out of £62,000. The gang could have been stopped in its tracks earlier if those buyers had conducted an HPI Check, which includes the HPI Guarantee of £30,000. Read the rest of this entry »
