They caught the guy and it took that long to contact you?
Supposedly, the guy sold about 100 cars this way and finally got caught. I looked up the bluebook value the value of the car with the extra mileage and the difference was several thousand dollars less.
The odometer only had 5 digits, so the odometer started over at zero once it reached a hundred thousand miles. We got the car just before it reached 30,000 (the 2nd time) and it was still less than three years old, so the dealership repaired the radiator “under warranty.”
In a follow-up letter the Justice Department told us that the seller had been convicted, he had been sent to jail and was sentenced to pay into a fund from which we would be repaid. That was about 20 years ago and of course we’ve never received anything in compensation.