I didn't think it was possible to mess with digital odometers, but there's been an Ohio dealership busted

between November 2020 and May 2022, Nwaru “knowingly disconnected, reset and altered the mileage registered by the odometer on vehicles, changing them from high mileage to lower mileage, before selling them to customers.”

The government pointed to rollbacks on eight different vehicles that had their mileage reduced by roughly 80,000 to 100,000 miles (128,748 to 160,934 km) each.

In particular, the Ohio Attorney General claimed they misrepresented actual mileage in written odometer disclosure statements and did not disclose odometer discrepancies to some customers. However, the real kicker was the “discrepancies were the result of … rolling back the odometers before selling the vehicles to consumers.”

They went on to highlight the case of a customer who paid $4,295 for a 2002 Acura MDX with a claimed 132,000 miles on it. However, it had actually been driven 168,120 miles.

The state also pointed to other problems with titles, paperwork, and not properly disclosing the fact that they were selling rebuilt salvage vehicles.

https://www.carscoops.com/2025/04/car-dealer-charged-with-rolling-back-odometers-more-than-500k-miles/