Car buyers and owners suffer from surge in car cloning

Newspress

Car cloning is on the rise as fraudsters continue to try to outwit police automated number plate recognition (ANPR) systems.

Cloning is usually used to disguise the identity of a stolen car but, according to vehicle history check expert HPI, criminals are now cloning cars to avoid parking fines and speeding tickets, while organised gangs are using them to commit more serious crimes.