Johnny Wactor, an actor who formerly starred in “General Hospital,” caught people in the act of stealing the catalytic converter from his car Saturday. Tragically, one of the thieves ...

How can car owners protect themselves from the wave of catalytic converter theft that has swept the country? Claims for stolen catalytic converters doubled in the year ending June 2022 ...

Three members of California family pleaded guilty to their roles in a $600 million nationwide catalytic converter theft ring that operated for three years, prosecutors say. The Vang family was ...

A Hyundai dealer diagnosed a damaged catalytic converter and advised that testing ... that she did in fact misfuel it – not during this refill, but perhaps one or even two fill-ups prior.

Thefts of catalytic converters surged so aggressively during the pandemic that Congress looked to step in. Now, new data indicates that the tidal wave of thefts is subsiding. Claims data from the ...

A man came to the North Olmsted Police Department on Dec. 11 to report the theft of the catalytic converter from his ... Blaster guns and two Gel Blaster refill packs underneath his jacket and ...

Now legislators in Washington and statehouses are fighting back. Thefts of catalytic converters — an antipollution car part laden with platinum, palladium and rhodium — have exploded since ...

Seven people working with "the skill and speed of a NASCAR pit crew" have been federally charged in a multi-state theft ring after they stole nearly 500 catalytic converters from vehicles ...

The catalytic converter working to clean up the exhaust gasses from your car is a prime target for criminals as it can be worth as much as $1,500 at a scrapyard.

Three members of a California family admitted to roles in a ring that shipped stolen catalytic converters, which contain lucrative precious metals, to New Jersey, prosecutors said. By Johnny Diaz ...

Pennsylvania law enforcement officials arrested 11 people, including one juvenile, who were allegedly involved in a catalytic converter ring responsible for more than $8 million in thefts across ...

Claims for stolen catalytic converters doubled in the year ending June 2022, according to State Farm, the largest auto insurer in the U.S., whose customers reported more than 43,200 stolen ...