Ontario is planning to create a new provincial offence for fraudulent vehicle registrations.
The Transportation Minister made the announcement on Friday, as a way to tackle auto theft, and will target cases of vehicle identification number fraud, in which someone steals a VIN from a car and uses that number to register a stolen vehicle.
Proposed legislation would create a new Highway Traffic Act offence of knowingly providing a false vehicle identification number when applying for a vehicle permit and would come with penalties of up to $100,000 in fines, up to six months in jail, and driver’s licence or vehicle permit suspensions.