On Wednesday this week, a 41-year-old man pleaded guilty to fraud involving confiscated cars via hacker attacks. He bought the cars for 7 kroner each.
It is not only in our country that the police seize cars from time to time and subsequently have a judge confiscate them on behalf of the state.
The 41-year-old American Evan James Coker took advantage of that. With hacker attacks targeting a government auction site, Evan James Coker managed to sell the cars to himself.
This is stated by the US Department of Justice in a press release .
How Evan James Coker gained access to the system behind the auction site is unclear. But once inside, he started selling the confiscated cars to himself.
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He paid for the cars at most one dollar, equivalent to just under 7 Danish kroner. According to court documents, the fraud took place between 25 February and 6 March 2019. But it is only now that the case has been settled with a confession.
In the relatively short period, Evan James Coker managed to bid on and win the auction for 19 confiscated items, including a number of cars. He was handed 3 of them. A Ford Espace, a Ford F550 and a Chevrolet truck.
The confession is one thing, the sentencing itself is another. The Ministry of Justice states that it will only take place later.
However, the 41-year-old man from Oklahoma is far from the only one who sees good business in the confiscated cars. The police can do that too. At least in the US.
Last year we here at Boosted could tell about how a police circle sold a Lamborghini Aventador. A car they would only accept cash bids for. So cool cash. Read more about it here .
