Wisconsin officials are seeing rise in odometer rollbacks, title fraud among vehicle wholesalers
CHRIS RICKERT
As reported by Jessie Opoien from The Cap Times, Gov. Tony Evers on Monday signed the first law of the current legislative session, a bipartisan measure aimed at reducing reckless driving. The law, which takes effect this week, allows local governments to enact ordinances authorizing law enf…
State transportation officials say they’ve seen a sharp rise in the number of out-of-state used-car wholesalers that are violating state law, including by falsifying vehicle title information and rolling back odometers.
One of the photos taken by the state Department of Transportation of the inside of a centralized dealer operation, or CDO, in Arlington in March 2023. Each cubicle represents a licensed dealer — 841 in all — but such facilities are often used as fronts for wholesalers, which are supposed to have a physical presence in the state to be licensed. This CDO is an old canning factory and investigators found falling insulation and animal droppings on some of the desks.
One of the photos taken by the state Department of Transportation of the inside of a centralized dealer operation, or CDO, in Arlington in March 2023. Each cubicle represents a licensed dealer — 841 in all — but such facilities are often used as fronts for wholesalers, which are supposed to have a physical presence in the state to be licensed. This CDO is an old canning factory and investigators found falling insulation and animal droppings on some of the desks.
