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Re:Japan has 33k businesses at least a century old by PopeDotNinja on Friday February 14, 2020 @07:23AM (#22325965)
Reminds me of a story from a morning radio show. Guy calls in to say how he "legally" stole a car. Steals expensive car, strips it, abandons frame. Frame is collected and put up for auction. Thief buys bare frame and puts all the stripped parts back on.
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Re:Japan has 33k businesses at least a century old by ansible on Friday February 14, 2020 @08:13AM (#22326184)
It is definitely car theft. This is just a way of getting a clean (-ish) title for it afterwards. In the USA, it will still be a salvage title.
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Re:Japan has 33k businesses at least a century old by erikig on Friday February 14, 2020 @01:28PM (#22328860)
It is definitely car theft. But...if he claimed that he parked the car in this neighborhood and came back to find it stripped he could conceivably get away with it.

That's an interview I would like to listen to

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Re:Japan has 33k businesses at least a century old by ansible on Friday February 14, 2020 @04:58PM (#22330814)
> It is definitely car theft. But...if he claimed that he parked the car in this neighborhood and came back to find it stripped he could conceivably get away with it.

That sounds more like insurance fraud, actually. Which you can also get sued for.

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Re:Japan has 33k businesses at least a century old by hugofloss on Friday February 14, 2020 @07:47AM (#22326077)
I wonder how this is legal. I mean you might not be held accountable for car theft anymore, but being prosecuted for normal theft is still possible, right?
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Re:Japan has 33k businesses at least a century old by emiliobumachar on Friday February 14, 2020 @07:59AM (#22326119)
It's definitely still car theft. They just avoided getting caught.
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