How a Connecticut DMV Employee Made Thousands by Selling Towed Cars

Connecticut towing company undervalued cars and avoided returning money to car owners or the state, report says.

Towing company took advantage of a state law allowing it to sell vehicles it had towed.

DMV employee sold the stolen Jeep to a used car dealer for $ 13,500 ; another dealership sold it to a customer for $ 28,781 .

D&L says the company’s manager at the time acted on his own and thought he was doing the right thing by selling in-operable cars.

The company says the manager was fired, but the DMV didn’t take any action against the company or the tow company.

The DMV has no way to track unregistered cars, records show.

DMV spent more than a year investigating connections between Stefanski and tow company.

DMV says it doesn't have an efficient way to track sales records of vehicles sold by tow companies.

The DMV said it only had that information on two vehicles that it had sought to sell.

A 2010 Jeep was sold at a public auction for $ 18,130 to a Groton dealership, which sold it for $ 28,781 .