Garda fraud unit in crackdown on car traders across the capital

The Garda fraud unit has carried out a series of unannounced inspections of a number of car dealers in Dublin, prompted by concerns about buyers being given false information about clocked or crashed cars.

“The purpose of these inspections was to identify and take enforcement action against dealers who mislead consumers in the sale of crashed and/or clocked cars,” said the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC), the consumer watchdog body which is ...