Seven police officers charged with fraudulent inspections

[mrvids]

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/ne...aud/448680002/

Michigan Attorney Bill Schuette on Thursday announced charges against seven current or former Michigan police officers accused of taking part in fraudulent auto inspections.

All told, 101 felony charges have been filed in the seven cases, and involve the inspections of so-called salvage vehicles, which can't return to the road until "recertified" and "retitled" by a "specially-trained" police officer authorized to do so by their department. Those accused face charges of uttering and publishing. Each charge is punishable by up to 14 years in prison.

In a statement explaining the charges, Schuette says that salvage titles are issued when a vehicle is declared totaled by an insurance company. The seven people charged were trained and certified, Schuette said.

When police do inspections of salvage vehicles, they are to check the Law Enforcement Information Network, or LEIN, to ensure the vehicle and the parts in it have not been stolen. Investigators who performed spot checks found that officers had allegedly falsely claimed to have done the required LEIN checks, but hadn't. Nor did the officers check with the National Insurance Crime Bureau, an insurance industry database of stolen vehicles, Schuette claims.

"The process of identifying affected vehicles is ongoing," the release says.

The officers and former officers charged are:

Tammy Barnes, 59, charged with 18 counts of uttering and publishing in 7th District Court West in South Haven.
Elaine Danishevskaya, 39, charged with 25 counts of uttering and publishing in 7th District Court West in South Haven.
Kevin Reif, 43, charged with 13 counts of uttering and publishing in 17th District Court in Redford.
Tim Greene, 42, charged with six counts of uttering and publishing in 53rd District Court in Howell.
Robert Greene, 64, charged with 11 counts of uttering and publishing in 53rd District Court in Howell.
John Greene, 43, charged with 7 counts of uttering and publishing in 53rd District Court in Howell.
Greg Bumgardner, 44, charged with 21 counts of uttering and publishing in 27th District Court in Riverview.

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https://www.detroitnews.com/story/ne...aud/448680002/

Michigan Attorney Bill Schuette on Thursday announced charges against seven current or former Michigan police officers accused of taking part in fraudulent auto inspections.

All told, 101 felony charges have been filed in the seven cases, and involve the inspections of so-called salvage vehicles, which can't return to the road until "recertified" and "retitled" by a "specially-trained" police officer authorized to do so by their department. Those accused face charges of uttering and publishing. Each charge is punishable by up to 14 years in prison.

In a statement explaining the charges, Schuette says that salvage titles are issued when a vehicle is declared totaled by an insurance company. The seven people charged were trained and certified, Schuette said.

When police do inspections of salvage vehicles, they are to check the Law Enforcement Information Network, or LEIN, to ensure the vehicle and the parts in it have not been stolen. Investigators who performed spot checks found that officers had allegedly falsely claimed to have done the required LEIN checks, but hadn't. Nor did the officers check with the National Insurance Crime Bureau, an insurance industry database of stolen vehicles, Schuette claims.

"The process of identifying affected vehicles is ongoing," the release says.

The officers and former officers charged are:

Tammy Barnes, 59, charged with 18 counts of uttering and publishing in 7th District Court West in South Haven.
Elaine Danishevskaya, 39, charged with 25 counts of uttering and publishing in 7th District Court West in South Haven.
Kevin Reif, 43, charged with 13 counts of uttering and publishing in 17th District Court in Redford.
Tim Greene, 42, charged with six counts of uttering and publishing in 53rd District Court in Howell.
Robert Greene, 64, charged with 11 counts of uttering and publishing in 53rd District Court in Howell.
John Greene, 43, charged with 7 counts of uttering and publishing in 53rd District Court in Howell.
Greg Bumgardner, 44, charged with 21 counts of uttering and publishing in 27th District Court in Riverview.

Would like to hear the details on this?

That is a lot of "Greene" in Howell.

[afolk83]

Wow. I don’t know if u remember but about a year ago a msp officer from royal oak was charged and convicted of this same thing. 1300 false reports. Estimate to be over 130k in just the state fees that he never turned in let alone whatever he was charging the people to make a salvaged car clean again. I hear that was about 500cash a car. That officer got out a few months ago and has always from day 1 said that he was only doing what his superiors told him was ok to do and that one day more people would be in a world of shit. I Always thought he was full of shit but maybe there was some truth to his story.

[mdhmi]

If this is the worst of our brave men in blue I think we're doing pretty darn well.
But that's easy for me to say .. I'm white.

[Beigg]

Being proactive and cracking down on businesses would lessen the burden on reactive measures.
Checks and balances

[99SaleenSpeedster]

One of the people charged lives down the street from me. Has a large house that was recently remodeled and had a new in-ground pool installed. That explains the raid last year.

[Roadrage]

One of the people charged lives down the street from me. Has a large house that was recently remodeled and had a new in-ground pool installed. That explains the raid last year.

They took thier time with the investigation obviously. Raid almost a year before charges!

[WhiteHawk]

You wouldn't even think there would be that much money in something like that. I doubt we are talking millions here, maybe tens of thousands or a few hundred thousand max. At $500 a hit it would take year to make $100k doing one every day 5 days a week. It is amazing that a cop would give up everything for that kind of cash. State cops have a 20 and out with full pension don't they? People have to be crazy to risk that.

-Geoff

[afolk83]

The whole thing is crazy. But there is Money in it. The first cop that got charged over a year ago was Charged for doing 1300 cars in a 12 month span. He keep the state fee of $100 per car and then whatever he charged the person getting the clean title. So let’s say it was 600 a car that’s about 800k in a year all while still being paid to do it. I’m only saying $500 per car as a minimum. Let’s say you but a but a completely scrap/totaled f450 for a few grand at a salvage Auction. You don’t fix a damn thing on it and u have the trooper sign of saying the truck is now fully repaired and gives u a clean title. One month later burn the truck to ground in the hood and say it was stolen. Insurance cuts you check for the kbb on the truck at around 70k, seems like someone would pay a bit more then 500 to get that clean green title if that was the plan. These kinds of things happen everyday.

[99SaleenSpeedster]

They took thier time with the investigation obviously. Raid almost a year before charges!

April 24, 2017.

http://www.fox2detroit.com/news/loca...n-is-a-mystery