Chop shop busted after scamming elderly customer out of $11K, police say
DeKalb Police said they busted a chop shop in Stone Mountain after a six month long investigation.
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According to police, the investigation started after an elderly DeKalb resident was scammed out of $11,000 when they were sold a stolen car and the dealership switched the vin and gave the resident a fake car title.
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During the investigation police told Channel 2 Action News they located 20 fraudulent titles and recovered several stolen cars.
The owner was charged with theft by conversion, theft by deception, owning, operating, or conducting a chop shop, and elder abuse.
Two employees of the dealership was charged with theft by receiving and owning, operating, or conducting a chop shop.
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