Winnipeg police say they're facing a new trend in vehicle theft, in which criminals use a sophisticated scheme involving forged documents to fraudulently buy the cars from auto dealerships. Jay Murray says police are dealing with a new and very concerning fraud trend that has seen luxury cars stolen and shipped overseas. The other six vehicles have not been found, nor have any of the suspects involved in their theft, Murray said. Jay Murray, Winnipeg policeInvestigators then developed relationships with numerous auto dealerships in the city while the financial crime unit created an operation called Project Whip "in response to what was now a very concerning fraud trend," Murray said. None of them are connected to the initial eight vehicles taken during the summer of 2016, according to Murray.

Source: CBC News December 07, 2017 19:17 UTC