Houston is a hotbed of auto lending fraud, and that has police there are working overtime to stop ID fraudsters that are working in criminal rings.

Sgt Darren Schloesser, who runs the Houston Police Departments Auto Theft Division Vehicle Fraud Unit advises that he’s seeing the usual suspects again and again now and that cases are often linked together.

The unit has managed to prevent over $5,000,000 in fraudulent thefts and made 100 fraud in progress arrest at dealerships throughout Houston.