FWIW & IMHO:
Does anybody know if Carfax will list a vehicle that's stolen as being stolen on the carfax report. I don't think that law enforcement has the personnell to notify carfax of amything, but does a copy/alert/record of the police stolen report go to the DMV, and the DMV does turn in stuff to carfax, I believe. If you were to get a copy of the police report denoting it stolen, and you submitted it to carfax, do you suppose that they would list it as stolen, thereby at least cutting down on the chances of it being sold. Also, carfax always has a note on it somewhere asking the receipent of the carfax if they know of anything else that is not on the carfax. Mileage is one of the things that they always ask about. ??? Just some idle thoughts.