It’s high-tech cattle rustling. Cattle were always easy to steal so the penalty was the ultimate. Auto theft is serious along the same lines and the punishment is stiff. this is way too easy for the thieves AND the prosecutors.
The worst thing to be in our country is a slavemaster.
The thief steals your freedom when he steals your money. You worked for the money and you were going to choose how to spend it. That was your freedom. You could spend it on new shoes or a car or food or whatever you wanted. It was your freedom.
The thief stole that freedom from you. The thief stole your labor.
The thief makes you his slave.