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People can be shady and that's evident in a rising crime in Illinois.

People can be shady and that's evident in a rising crime in Illinois.

While experts expect used car prices to fall in 2024, odometer fraud is on the rise nationwide and locally in Illinois.

Carfax estimates there are 2.1 million vehicles nationwide with rolled back odometers. It invited Contact 6 to watch how easily it’s done.

With the tumult of the pandemic and chip shortages subsiding, conditions in the vehicle industry are back to normal-ish.

TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) — Arizona ranks 8th in the nation in odometer fraud, which can be costly in several ways.

Arizona ranks 8th in the nation in odometer fraud, which can be costly in several ways.

A scammer can spend a few hundred dollars on one of those and instantly make very used vehicles look much less used by reducing the apparent mileage.

A recent CARFAX warning identifies these 10 states as the ones that you are most likely to buy a used car from that has a rolled back odometer.

CARFAX reports odometer tampering has shot up 14% in two years.