A Christmas present to people who own vehicles on the East coast, a chop shop was shut down in Orangeburg, South Carolina

a man in South Carolina was just arrested after police found that he was using Ford trucks to run his own chop shop, which received vehicles from a host of other states.

The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) notes that the man was receiving stolen vehicles from other areas – including Kernersville, North Carolina, Polk County, Georgia, and Polk County, Florida – and falsifying their VINs.

Interestingly, SLED found nothing but stolen Blue Oval trucks at the alleged chop shop – including Ford Super Duty F-250, F-350, and F-450s – some of which were titled as different models. The VINs displayed on those Ford trucks were “falsified with the intent to conceal the true VIN,” according to police. Following his arrest, the man has now been charged with two counts of receiving, possessing, concealing, selling, or disposing of a stolen vehicle, two counts of falsifying a Vehicle Identification Number, and operating a chop shop.

https://fordauthority.com/2024/12/man-arrested-after-using-stolen-ford-trucks-to-run-chop-shop/