At a news conference Friday, Minister of Transport Prabmeet Sakaria said vehicle identification number (VIN) fraud is a driver behind carjackings and robberies across Ontario.
The Ontario government introduced new penalties around fraudulent vehicle identification numbers on Friday, on the same day Toronto police said they've laid hundreds of charges in an ongoing investigation into fradulent VINs that implicates some ServiceOntario employees.At a news conference Friday, Minister of Transport Prabmeet Sakaria said vehicle identification number fraud is a driver of carjackings and robberies across Ontario.
But criminals are replacing the VIN plate, often with one from a comparable vehicle that has been totalled, legally exported or one registered in another province or U.S. state, CBC News previouslyAt a separate news conference Friday, Toronto police said they recovered more than 360 stolen vehicles and arrested 59 people in an investigation that began in July.
Taverner said no ServiceOntario employees have been arrested yet, but arrests are expected. Police are working with the Ministry of Transportation in an ongoing investigation into the alleged fraud, he said Investigators found stolen vehicles from shipping containers intended to go overseas, the release said. One container with stolen vehicles was found in Belgium and is being transported back to Canada.
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