New MO in registering stolen vehicles bared
Manila Bulletin
Tue, Apr 12, 2011 10:42 PM PHT
MANILA, Philippines - A simple violation of the seatbelt law in Davao City led to the discovery of what a ranking police official described to be a new modus operandi of carjacking syndicates in disposing stolen vehicles.
Chief Supt. Leonardo Espina, director of the Philippine National Police-Highway Patrol Group (PNP-HP), said the new modus operandi involves slight revisions to the data entry in the motor vehicle registration with the help of car thieves' cohorts at the Land Transportation Office.
"The new modus operandi of carnapping syndicates is intended to avoid detection of stolen vehicles when subjected to verification with the HPG's electronic database," said Espina.
The official said it all started on Saturday night when HPG operatives apprehended a certain Albert Daquiado in Maa, Davao City, for not wearing seatbelt while driving a brand new Mitsubishi Lancer GT-A with license plate KFV-767.
HPG operatives noticed the discrepancy when they observed that the car has a one-year LTO validation sticker, considering that it is now a policy that the LTO validation sticker for brand new cars are good for three years.
Espina said it was during the examination of the documents that HPG operatives uncovered the new modus operandi wherein they would both pad and shave some entries at the car registration documents.
In the case of the apprehended R1.3 million-worth Mitsubishi Lancer GT-A, it was found out to be registered to a certain Gwen Angelica M. Tamayo who bought the car three months before it was stolen in Quezon City on March 18.
"The car documents presented by the driver showed that the car was registered to a certain Gwen M. Tamayo Buloy. Investigators noticed that the second given name 'Angelica' has been omitted and the second surname 'Buloy' was added," said Espina.
"The car's registration papers (OR/CR) also showed the character 'P' was inserted in the start of the series of chassis numbers while the character 'K' was inserted as the last digit in the series of engine numbers," he added.
Espina explained that such discovery only proved that car thieves are indeed in cahoots with some employees of the LTO, especially in the Visayas and Mindanao.
The recovered Mitsubishi Lancer owned by Tamayo, for instance, has still no license plate issued but the LTO based in Tubod, Lanao del Norte, was able to facilitate the falsification of the car documents which paved the way for the "registration" of the vehicle on March 21 and the issuance of the license plate KFV-767.
"We already identified the syndicate involved in this and we will run after them. As to how it was registered, we will file necessary charges against those involved at the LTO in Tubod," said Espina.
And since it is another case of a vehicle stolen in Metro Manila but was recovered in Mindanao, Espina said they are now waiting for the final decision on their proposed revival of clearance for those vehicles that will be shipped to other parts of the country.
Espina said the driver of the stolen vehicle, Daquiado, will be slapped with the initial case of possession of stolen car while the vehicle will be turned over to the real owner.
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New modus operandi in registering stolen vehicles bared
LTO pa imo nga diha nag baha ang kwarta pd... mga way ayo pd bya ang mga tao diha(dile tanan) kai mangwartahay kai dile ka atimanun nya unya unyaon p ka... 
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