NYPD has intensified enforcement against car theft and chop shop operations across the New York area, with recent busts uncovering illegal vehicle dismantling operations hidden inside legitimate businesses and a major auto insurance fraud scheme resulting in 71 arrests. The crackdowns target organized theft rings operating in neighborhoods like the Bronx while also solving cold cases through vehicle identification.
·Chop shop discovered operating inside a stone fabrication company in Fairfield, New Jersey
·NYPD's vehicle identification expert connected a car in surveillance footage to the Leiby Kletzky case, advancing the investigation
·71 arrests made in a $1 million auto insurance fraud sting operation
·Bronx residents report escalating car and tire thefts affecting their neighborhoods
·Biker organizer taunted law enforcement while operating from a residential location
drawn from ABC7 New York, Norwood News, New York Daily News, Queens Chronicle · updated 414d ago