'Clocking' experts knocked up to 120,000 kilometres off used cars before sale across Spain
Tuesday, July 29, 2014 @ 6:03 PM
A GANG involved in 'clocking' used cars all over Spain has been rounded up following raids on garages and dealers' yards in Alicante, Jaén, Madrid, and Toledo and Ciudad Real in the centre of the country.
Three experts out of the 27 taken into custody managed to add thousands of euros to the price of second-hand vehicles by manipulating the kilometre counter.
By knocking off 80,000 kilometres, they were able to falsely double the value of a car.
Investigations began after a buyer discovered that he had been swindled after purchasing a vehicle which was recorded as having 87,000 kilometres on the clock but, upon examination, was found to have done 207,000.
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