Car buyers swindled in odometer scam

(05/08/03) Paul Matang, 66, is the owner of the VIP Auto Trader on the North Freeway. Police arrested Matang and his daughter after a customer noticed the numbers on his odometer were not exactly lined up.

Police say some of the odometers may have been rolled back as much as 100,000 miles.

"He buys a car for about $5,000, it'll have 150,000 miles on it -- rolls the odometer back to 60 or 70,000 and sells it for $15,000," said Shane Robertson with the Houston Police Department.

The Matangs could each face as much as twenty years in prison. If you bought a car from VIP Auto Trader, you can call Houston police for information about the case.

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