Bowling Green, Kentucky Man Sentenced to Federal Prison and Ordered to Pay $40,000 in Restitution for Odometer Tampering

Bowling Green, KY – A Bowling Green man was sentenced yesterday to 1 year and 6 months in federal prison, and was ordered to pay $40,000 in restitution, for wire fraud, conspiracy to commit odometer tampering, and four counts of odometer tampering.

U.S. Attorney Michael A. Bennett of the Western District of Kentucky and Special Agent in Charge Kevin Porter of the U.S. Department of Transportation made the announcement.

“Let this case serve notice to like-minded fraudsters that taking advantage of our citizens comes at a cost - federal prison and large fines,” said U.S. Attorney Bennett.  

Randy Huff, 59, owner of South Side Auto Sales in Bowling Green and Huff’s Auto Sales in Beaver Dam, was sentenced to 1 year and 6 months in prison, followed by 1 year of supervised release, for wire fraud, conspiracy to commit odometer tampering, and four counts of odometer tampering. According to court documents, between June 2018 and January 2023, Huff, aided and abetted by an employee, devised a scheme to defraud buyers of used cars by fraudulently reducing the mileage shown on the odometers of vehicles sold at his used car lots. In the scheme, Huff purchased high mileage vehicles at auction, then directed his employees to replace the vehicles’ odometers with ones showing lower mileage. Buyers were not informed of the odometer replacements.

Huff was also ordered to pay $40,000 in restitution.

On March 11, 2025, an employee at South Side Auto Sales, Donnie Wilson, 51, also of Bowling Green, was sentenced to probation for a term of 3 years, and ordered to pay $10,000 in restitution for wire fraud, conspiracy to commit odometer tampering, and four counts of odometer tampering.

There is no parole in the federal system.

This case was investigated by the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Kentucky Department of Transportation.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Raymond McGee, of the U.S. Attorney’s Paducah Branch Office and Assistant U.S. Attorney Madison Sewell of the Louisville Office, prosecuted the case.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that odometer fraud in the United States results in consumer losses of more than $1 billion annually and has established a special hotline to handle odometer fraud complaints. Individuals with information related to odometer tampering should call (800) 424-9393, or email odometerfraud@dot.gov.

More information on odometer fraud is available on the NHTSA website, https://www.nhtsa.gov/equipment/odometer-fraud.

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