September 7 - 13 , 2011
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Fourteen people have been charged in connection with a phony carjacking scheme in which luxury cars were stolen in the United States and sent through Canada to be sold in the Middle East.
Members of the criminal ring rented luxury sedans, sport utility vehicles and other cars from rental car chains in Michigan and Ohio and then drove them into Canada, according to an indictment unsealed on Wednesday.
There they filed police reports claiming that the vehicles had been either carjacked or stolen in the Detroit area, authorities said.