Fake Inspections, Real License Plates: Investigators Believe Millions of Texas Cars Were Never Checked for Safety & Emissions
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A group of Texas law enforcement fraud investigators believes millions of cars on Texas roads never passed state-required safety or emissions tests. Yet, those cars were able to get temporary paper license plates, or even regular metal plates, by paying an inspection station to fraudulently pass the car. Compounding the problem, state records and undercover videos shot by NBC 5 Investigates reveal that the state’s inspection computer system is not set up to immediately flag stations...

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