A car dealer from Omagh has been found guilty at Newry Crown Court of advertising and selling 'clocked' cars including reducing the mileage of a VW Scirocco by 52,000 miles.
Dealers forced to battle for used car stock are being warned to take extra care as new analysis by vehicle history checking company CarVertical suggests that one in 14 used cars under five years old have incorrect or falsified mileages.
A nest containing live rats and weeds growing from a vehicle’s bodywork were among the discoveries of a Trading Standards investigation into used car retailers.
Luscombe Motors managing director Robin Luscombe has insisted that the Police and Trading Standards should “pick and choose” the fraud cases they investigate after falling foul of a car clocking sales scam.
A used car dealer convicted of “clocking” 11 years ago has been ordered to repay a further £146,000 in criminal gains assets.
Car clocking continues to be more prevalent as the number of vehicles with a mileage discrepancy has increased by 22% year-on-year, according to Cap HPI.
An independent used car dealership has been ordered to pay £14,000 after attempting to sell and Audi Q7 SUV having ‘clocked’ the vehicle to remove 30,000 miles from its mileage.
The director of independent used car retailer Carpoint has been handed an 18-week suspended jail sentence in relation to car clocking offences.
A study of vehicle mileage data from one million cars has found that 6.5% of vehicles in the UK could have been clocked.
The problem of vehicle clocking is one the rise with one-in-14 cars on UK roads showing “mileage discrepancies”, according to research carried out by Cap HPI.
Motorists' increasing use of underhand tactics to ensure the residual value of their vehicles has led to a record number of clocked cars on UK roads, according to data published by the Local Government Association (LGA).
Car dealers have been urged to make mileage investigations "an integral part of their business" after a Cap HPI survey uncovered growing concern about growing clocking and mileage discrepancies in the past 12 months.
Used car dealer Richard Burbage has been told to expect to serve a “substantial sentence” in jail after he was found guilty of swindling hundreds of customers of his various businesses.
The number of cars on UK roads showing mileage discrepancies has risen by 25% since 2014, HPI has revealed..
A used car dealer has criticised Trading Standards after being fined in a fraud case.
A three-year investigation into a car clocking scam which saw more than 7.5 million miles wiped off vehicle odometers has resulted in guilty verdicts against five men.
The National Franchised Dealers Association is continuing to lobby MPs about the peril of clocking.
Business minister Anna Soubry has pledged a law change to close the loophole which allows fraudsters to wind back the miles on an odometer.
A used car dealer who admitted selling five clockedcars – selling one of them twice – has escaped an immediate custodial sentence.
A used car dealer found to have clocked cars, forged documents and knowingly “misdescribed” vehicles has pleaded guilty to fraud following an investigation by trading standards officials.
