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I don't know if swapping Vins is illegal in Canada, but it is not in SC. If the person legally owns both cars you can do what ever you want to them... including swapping vins from one to the other. NOW whether you would have a civil case against the person... that is a different story.
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Wanna bet 15 years of your life on that advice?
You are absolutely wrong on that one. It is illegal to swap a VIN from one body to another under Federal law. Period. It doesnt matter if you own both bodies.
The crime does not get prosecuted very often because there are far more dangerous Federal crimes out there getting the attention of Federal law enforcement, but when they do get prosecuted it is usually a high doller car...I think a ZL1 or a COPO would fit the bill perfectly.
I remember a case back '99 where an old guy was swapping VINs on Porsches to hide the fact they were wrecked and/or stolen. In addition to the cars, he got charged with 1 count of VIN tampering for every single piece of sheetmetal with a hidden VIN found on it during the search. The complaint was 20 pages long. He was facing about 15 years under the sentencing guidelines for the various charges, but he didnt serve any time "up here" though, -he died after pleading guilty.
The comical thing about the Federal system is that if you die before you are sentenced or while your case is on appeal, the conviction is thrown out on procedural grounds and it's like you were never charged in the first place.
So I guess he got to the "Firey Gates" with one less conviction on his resume.
