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Sorry it's from a Rustang site but here's some thoughts to consider if contemplating some of the previously mentioned scenarios...for one it sounds like our eBay Cuda guy would fry for what he's doing?!.
http://www.boss302.com/legal.htm
~ Pete
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Very good assortment of statutory examples of the criminal aspects of VIN-play. As you can see, you don't have to be intending to commit the crime (i.e. operating a chop shop and swapping VINs from one car to another to hide a stolen car) to be guilty of a violation of these statutes. Swapping a VIN to another body during a restoration is more than enough the be guilty of the crime. The appeals courts dont seem to care what your motive was when they agreed that the various examples were violations of the law.
As for the ebay cuda guy, Yup, even selling a VIN altered car falls under the statutes. Very scary indeed!
