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Kenner man booked with vehicle ID number scheme
A Kenner man was booked with possession of stolen trucks worth more than $200,000 in a scheme that replaced identification numbers on stolen trucks with those from salvaged vehicles.
State Police Insurance Fraud and Auto Theft Unit detectives arrested Paul Austin, 26, Thursday on charges of possession of stolen things and possession of a motor vehicle with an altered vehicle identification number.
The arrest stems from an ongoing investigation in which detectives determined Austin was illegally altering the VIN on stolen Ford F-250 trucks and replacing them with VINs from similar, salvaged trucks that were purchased at auction.
Austin sold three of the F-250 trucks with altered VINs. He was also found to be in possession of three other stolen F-250 trucks.
Austin was booked at the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center.
