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squee666 · 21/02/2008 05:51 PM

Three Japanese master crims were cuffed after using the GPS system of a car they flogged in a net auction to 'borrow' 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. ®

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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/21/...g_thieves/

boogschd · 21/02/2008 06:48 PM

.....

dumb move

Hahaha

beaner2k6 · 22/02/2008 02:54 AM

what a bunch of jackasses, though i'd prolly fall for the same thing...

roberth · 22/02/2008 03:37 AM

got to give them points for ingenuity, although selling it so soon, and so obviously, was a dumb donkey mistake

iggrull · 22/02/2008 08:09 AM

props to the guy for getting it all figured out before turning to the police :]

u_c_taker · 22/02/2008 12:04 PM

lol it was dumb to try and sell it online so soon

Method · 22/02/2008 12:13 PM

Ingenious idea to begin with but things like this usually go wrong because people don't think.

They probably got excited that their plan worked and so thought that the person wouldn't think to look online again. lol

They got what they deserved dumb asses Burning

PSPkiller · 22/02/2008 12:23 PM

the best idea I've heard in ages. i wonder what car it was.

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