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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/21/car_tracking_thieves/
Three Japanese master crims were cuffed after using the GPS system of
a car they flogged in a net auction to steal back the vehicle,
Mainichi reports.
An unnamed 26-year-old man bought the car on 21 December last year,
and on 24 December company executive Hiroaki Yasumatsu, 30, and
employees Takashi Shimizu and Takashi Murata, both 25, used the
vehicle's GPS to track it to the parking lot of an apartment complex
in Anjo, Aichi Prefecture.
They duly made off with their booty using a duplicate key, but the
wheels then came off their cunning plan when they attempted to resell
it online.
The victim spotted the auction, made a successful bid and asked the
trio to bring the car to a location in Hikone. Having confirmed the
identity of the wheels, he called police who made the necessary
arrests.
All three perps have been charged with theft, Mainichi concludes
This requires that the car have a tracking device that transmits its
location installed, complete with monthly subscription payment. Just having
a GPS receiver isn't enough. Sounds like an urban legend to me.
Bob Gardner
> This requires that the car have a tracking device that transmits its
> location installed, complete with monthly subscription payment. Just
> having a GPS receiver isn't enough. Sounds like an urban legend to me.
> Bob Gardner
> location installed, complete with monthly subscription payment. Just
> having a GPS receiver isn't enough. Sounds like an urban legend to me.
> Bob Gardner
I was going to post the same thing but I understand that there is some very
expensive cars that do have this sort of system installed.
On 22 Feb,
>
> > This requires that the car have a tracking device that transmits its
> > location installed, complete with monthly subscription payment. Just
> > having a GPS receiver isn't enough. Sounds like an urban legend to me.
> > Bob Gardner
> > location installed, complete with monthly subscription payment. Just
> > having a GPS receiver isn't enough. Sounds like an urban legend to me.
> > Bob Gardner
>
>
> I was going to post the same thing but I understand that there is some very
> expensive cars that do have this sort of system installed.
>
I once worked for a firm who used a loran type system to position vehicles,
>
> I was going to post the same thing but I understand that there is some very
> expensive cars that do have this sort of system installed.
>
and VHF to pass the location back to a control centre. Later on they were
moving to an alternative GPS tracing system.
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On 22/02/2008, Pete D wrote in message <47be4864$0$30984$5a62ac22@per-qv1-
newsreader-01.iinet.net.au>:
> > This requires that the car have a tracking device that transmits its
> > location installed, complete with monthly subscription payment. Just
> > having a GPS receiver isn't enough. Sounds like an urban legend to me.
> > Bob Gardner
> > location installed, complete with monthly subscription payment. Just
> > having a GPS receiver isn't enough. Sounds like an urban legend to me.
> > Bob Gardner
>
> I was going to post the same thing but I understand that there is some
> very expensive cars that do have this sort of system installed.
> I was going to post the same thing but I understand that there is some
> very expensive cars that do have this sort of system installed.
You can get such a system installed in pretty-much any car you want. It's
normal to get them for cars worth half a million or more since the systems
are cheap enough now that the insurance reduction pays for them in a few
years. Also it's kind-of cool knowing exactly where your
peni^Wtroph^Wgirlfriend is driving to when she borrows it.
Simon.
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> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/21/car_tracking_thieves/
> Three Japanese master crims were cuffed after using the GPS system of
> a car they flogged in a net auction to steal back the vehicle,
> Mainichi reports.
> An unnamed 26-year-old man bought the car on 21 December last year,
> and on 24 December company executive Hiroaki Yasumatsu, 30, and
> employees Takashi Shimizu and Takashi Murata, both 25, used the
> vehicle's GPS to track it to the parking lot of an apartment complex
> in Anjo, Aichi Prefecture.
> They duly made off with their booty using a duplicate key, but the
> wheels then came off their cunning plan when they attempted to resell
> it online.
> The victim spotted the auction, made a successful bid and asked the
> trio to bring the car to a location in Hikone. Having confirmed the
> identity of the wheels, he called police who made the necessary
> arrests.
> All three perps have been charged with theft, Mainichi concludes