Offenses of taking vehicles and parts, of reusing the identity of a vehicle and of breaking cars up for sale, including motor vehicle theft, joyriding, cloning a vehicle's number, chop shops, catalytic converter theft and bicycle theft. An offense belongs here when a vehicle or its part is the object. It excludes the theft of cargo and animals. Entries placed here are Motor Vehicle Theft, Joyriding, Vehicle Cloning, VIN Cloning, Chop Shop, Catalytic Converter Theft and Bicycle Theft.
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Frosting (crime), Wikipedia
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Frosting is a term in the United Kingdom for a motor vehicle theft occurring in winter
Joyride (crime) (Wikipedia)
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Joyriding is driving or riding in a stolen vehicle, most commonly a car, with no particular goal other than the pleasure or thrill of doing so or to impress other people.
Chop shop (Wikipedia)
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A chop shop is a business, often mimicking a body shop, that illicitly sells stolen motor vehicles or their parts for profit.
Motor vehicle theft (Wikipedia)
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Motor vehicle theft or car theft is the criminal act of stealing or attempting to steal a motor vehicle.
Bicycle Theft (Wikipedia)
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Bicycle theft is the crime of stealing a bicycle. It is a common crime due to the relative ease of reselling bicycles, which have a large second-hand market.
Theft Act 1968, section 12 (legislation.gov.uk)
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Subject to subsections (5) and (6) below, a person shall be guilty of an offence if, without having the consent of the owner or other lawful authority, he takes any conveyance for his own or another’s use or, knowing that any conveyance has been taken without such authority, drives it or allows himself to be carried in or on it.
Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School: 18 U.S. Code § 511 - Altering or removing motor vehicle identification numbers
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knowingly removes, obliterates, tampers with , or alters an identification number for a motor vehicle or motor vehicle part;
Has Member: VIN Cloning, Statute text
knowingly removes, obliterates, tampers with , or alters an identification number for a motor vehicle or motor vehicle part;
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