LE agencies have been doing things like this forever. One done @ the local level in NY was a bogus towing/ chop shop operation. Those guys were moving coke, stolen goods and other items. This was done as part of an ins sting. Over 1K folks "thought" their ins claim of stolen car was going to payoff big time. End result was a front page pic , parking lot, of the "stolen" cars the owners thought the tow company was cutting up. OOPS.