Vehicle Crime 101
The Hyundai and Kia theft trend went viral on this platform.
What is Tik Tok?
This is the process where auto auction companies sell vehicles that have been involved in collisions.
What is a salvage sale or total loss?
This U.S. federal law mandates the use of a 17-character Vehicle Identification Number for every motor vehicle.
What is the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act?
Calling 800-447-6282 brings you to this NICB team.
What is the Investigative Assistance Group?
This food is considered iconic in Philadelphia.
What is the Philly Cheesesteak?
Juveniles frequently steal vehicles for this purpose.
What is joyriding?
This type of insurance fraud happens when someone claims a stolen vehicle, but the vehicle was intentionally destroyed by the owner.
What is Owner Give Up?
This computerized index of criminal justice information allows law enforcement agencies to share information about stolen vehicles, property, missing or wanted persons, and criminal history records.
What is the National Crime Information Center (NCIC)?
The Insurance Crime Prevention Institute and National Automobile Theft Bureau joined forces in this year to form NICB.
What is 1992?
The steps of this Philadelphia building became famous after their feature in the 1976 film Rocky.
What is the Philadelphia Museum of Art?
This document is often forged or counterfeited to make a stolen car appear legitimate.
What is a Vehicle Title?
This type of fraud occurs when individuals exaggerate the severity of an accident to receive a higher payout.
What are inflated claims?
This federal agency oversees the investigation of vehicle fraud, including odometer tampering and fraudulent titles.
What is the U.S. Department of Transportation?
This is the number of NICB regions across the United States.
What is 7 regions?
This popular seasonal snack sold by young ladies was launched in Philadelphia in the 1930s.
What are Girl Scout cookies?
This practice involves altering a car's identification number to hide its true identity.
What is VIN cloning, counterfeiting, re-tagging, re-plating, switching?
This type of insurance fraud involves causing auto accidents with innocent victims while exaggerating claims and/or damages.
What are staged auto accidents?
This organization provides standards and regulations for vehicle safety in the United States.
What is the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration?
As of 2025, this is the number of NICB special agents across the U.S.
What is 209 special agents?
This is the number of years that Philadelphia was the United States capital.
What is 10 years?
This scheme involves exporting stolen vehicles to other countries to avoid detection.
What is car trafficking or vehicle smuggling?
This tactic involves criminals setting up fake companies to sell fraudulent car insurance policies to unsuspecting customers.
What is Ghost Brokering?
This is the document needed to enter in NCIC a U.S. vehicle stolen in Mexico.
What is a courtesy report?
This is how long ago the first Vehicle Finance company, Ally Financial, joined NICB.
What is 13 years?
This Philadelphia establishment was the birthplace of the U.S. Marine Corps.
What is the Tun Tavern?