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I remember watching a show on the History channel that was talking about a guy operating in Toronto, where he was stealing new and expensive cars and replacing them with the ID numbers from old wrecked cars that were in the junk yard. This way, when the cops checked the number for that of a stolen car, they were different. Also, this guy went so far as to change all of the manufacturing numbers that are on other parts of the car. Alas, he was caught and jailed along with his wife. (They ran an auto repair shop.)