2. Fraud Prevention in Illinois Program May 7, 2013 Illinois Program Fraud Prevention

3. Devices Connected to DLC –Overt Attempts Examples of devices connected to DLC Simulators –Scantool.net –OBD Extreme Fraud Investigation Examples

5. Illinois Program Fraud Prevention Devices Connected to the DLC

6. Illinois Program Fraud Prevention If a motorist comes in to test and the OBD configuration is different than OEM: –Motorist is asked to remove device from DLC GPS tracking? Aftermarket Gauges? –If device can’t be removed, pictures are taken of OBD configuration and sent to QA to evaluate Questions asked of motorist to try and determine what the device is

7. Illinois Program Fraud Prevention

10. Each situation has to be evaluated on a case by case basis before determination is made on the appropriate course of action with the vehicle

11. Illinois Program Fraud Prevention In cases where the device cannot be removed: –Car is failed for a damaged DLC and motorist is asked to restore DLC to OEM specification OR –After OBD interrogation is made, results are compared to previous tests on record Readiness Monitors, OBD VIN if applicable, etc.

12. Illinois Program Fraud Prevention Simulators

13. Scantool.net The unit has some variable settings (dials at the bottom of the picture) for RPM, O2v, TMP, etc… but the readiness monitors and other fingerprint data, including OBD VIN remain fixed If this is attempting to be used in for a test, fraud prompt will be triggered in the lane Illinois Program Fraud Prevention

14. OBD Extreme Device is programmable Difficult to catch

15. Illinois Program Fraud Prevention Examples of Fraud Investigations

16. Illinois Program Fraud Prevention Example 1 –The case of the disappearing sunroof…

17. Illinois Program Fraud Prevention Here’s a picture of a vehicle getting the initial test performed

18. Illinois Program Fraud Prevention The car failed the first test After the retest was performed, the second test was flagged for potential fraud due to an OBD VIN mismatch

19. Illinois Program Fraud Prevention Here’s a picture of the vehicle getting the retest performed

20. Illinois Program Fraud Prevention 1 st Test 2 nd Test

21. Illinois Program Fraud Prevention This test was performed at one of the Inspection and Repair Facilities in Illinois. During the investigation of this fraudulent test, there were too many inconsistencies in the statements made by the individuals that would support their contention that the fraudulent test was done without intent. These inconsistencies along with the visual/ statistical data regarding the tests led to this facility being removed from the Illinois test network.

22. Illinois Program Fraud Prevention Example 2 –The one with the Chevy Venture…

23. Illinois Program Fraud Prevention Here’s a picture of a vehicle getting the initial test performed –The car was rejected due to not enough monitors being set to Ready

24. Illinois Program Fraud Prevention There was a retest attempt made with this vehicle record the following day The retest attempt resulted in a reject for data verification The test was flagged because of mismatched OBD data between test #1 and test #2

25. Illinois Program Fraud Prevention Here’s a picture of the vehicle getting the retest performed

26. Illinois Program Fraud Prevention 1 st Test 2 nd Test

27. Illinois Program Fraud Prevention The investigation of this fraudulent test revealed that the Inspector was solicited by a repair technician seeking to barter for the compliance of this vehicle in return for repairs on a vehicle owned by the Inspector. Data comparison at the workstation prevented the Inspector from doing so. The Inspector no longer works in the program.