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PENNSYLVANIA<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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A woman originally from Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, plead guilty Thursday in federal court to all 23 counts of an indictment in connections with \u00a0an odometer tampering conspiracy, the Department of Justice announced.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Courtroom\"Judith Ann Aloe<\/strong>, 55, previously residing in Lauderdale Lakes, Florida, was scheduled to stand trial in May 2014, in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia.<\/span><\/p>\n

When she failed to appear for trial on May 14, 2014, a bench warrant was issued for her arrest by Chief Judge Petrese B. Tucker.\u00a0 Aloe remained at large for 21 months.<\/span><\/p>\n

In February 2016, she was located in Baja California, Mexico, and turned over to the U.S. Marshals Service at the Mexico\/California border.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

Thursday, she pleaded guilty to conspiracy to tamper with odometers, make false odometer certifications, and commit securities fraud and to 11 counts each of securities fraud and making false odometer certifications.<\/span><\/p>\n

Her sentencing is on Sept. 29.<\/span><\/p>\n

In April 2014, Aloe\u2019s co-defendant, Kyle Novitsky, then 46, of Scott Township, Pennsylvania, plead guilty to several counts in the indictment.<\/span><\/p>\n

In October 2014, Novitsky was sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $1.4 million to victims.<\/span><\/p>\n

From at least as early as 2004 through 2010, Aloe and Novitsky purchased high mileage cars and trucks, and then rolled back the odometers on the vehicles to make them appear more valuable.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

Doing business under various company names, Aloe and Novitsky sold close to 250 vehicles with rolled back odometers.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe purchase of an automobile is one of the biggest purchases consumers make, and consumers rely on accurate mileage information to assess the value and safety of a vehicle,\u201d said Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Benjamin C. Mizer, head of the Justice Department\u2019s Civil Division.<\/strong> \u00a0\u201cNot only do purchasers pay more for used cars, but odometer fraud could ultimately affect a car\u2019s safety and the costs of future repairs to the consumer.\u00a0 The Department of Justice will continue to vigorously enforce consumer protection laws by bringing those who commit this crime to justice.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Aloe admitted to participating in the purchase of high-mileage cars, sport-utility vehicles and trucks from various locations of a national car rental company, according to officials.<\/span><\/p>\n

She then worked with Novitsky to roll back and alter the odometers and resold the vehicles at wholesale automobile auctions in Pennsylvania.<\/span><\/p>\n

Aloe also caused to be altered the high mileages shown on the titles received from the car rental company to reflect false, low mileages and retitled the vehicles in Pennsylvania with false mileages.<\/span><\/p>\n

These titles were then given to the buyers so that the mileage on the titles matched the mileage shown on a vehicle\u2019s odometer.<\/span><\/p>\n

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