Two car dealers unmasked as fraudsters after 'clocking' used car back 35,000 miles
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukOldham Council for "clocking" cars before trying to sell them on.Trading Standards launched an investigation into the pair, who ran G3 Motorhouse Ltd on George Street, Failsworth, after a "concerned" person reached out.Investigators found the mileage on seven cars advertised by the pair had been rolled back, with one car having more than 35,000 miles shaved off the clock.The pair had bought each car at auction, before carefully reducing the mileage for each vehicle to be in-line with the past MOT test readings in an attempt to avoid being caught out.However, the auction records scuppered their plans, showing the true distance that each car had travelled since its last test.Keep up to date with the top stories on life in and around Oldham.
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