Edmonton police bust vehicle VIN cloning scam

A man who scrimped and saved $20,000 to buy himself a new truck is now making payments on a vehicle he no longer owns, after it was caught up in a vehicle cloning operation busted by city police.
Members of the city police auto theft unit seized the truck Wednesday after a five-week probe into a sophisticated organized crime ring that resulted in three arrests, 16 charges, and the seizure of close to $500,000 in stolen property and drugs.
“We are talking about an organized group of high-le