[njsteve]

Actually the bozo would be facing a variety of Federal charges including but not limited to the following:
1) Conspiracy to commit ITSP (interstate transportation of stolen motor vehicle) =5 year felony
2) ITSP=10 year felony
3) Wire Fraud (because he obviously used a telephone any one point during this whole scheme) =20 year felony
4) Mail Fraud (if he used any type of mailing systen USPS, Fedex UPS) =20 year felony
5) probably Obstruction of Justice (when you lie to a Federal Investigator it's a felony) as no doubt with this kind of $$$ at issue and interstate travel involved, the Feds will be in on it. = 5 year felony

and assorted local charges such as false swearing, filing a false police report. = a couple extra years for good measure.

They should definitely make an example of this guy. Especially to show that the law is at work at these big high dollar auctions. I bet Barrett-Jackson will be pushing for a Federal investigation just to get the good will/publicity from this. -NJSteve