The police developed a plan to target alleged crooks after a victim alerted them to the crime
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- The victim lost $ 23,000 after buying a rented car on Turo and was then registered online for sale.
- This same victim worked with the police to find a similar list, then the police set up a trap.
- Police have apprehended two men who would have scammed other people with the same program.
Sometimes the biggest mistake of thieves is to be too obvious. In Corona, California, this is precisely what happened when a buyer who thought of buying a car for $ 23,000 in cash discovered the hard deal that the agreement did not seem. What followed was a chain of events that ended with the authors taken – thanks to the determination of the victim.
The victim told the police that they thought everything was legitimate after finding and paid a car for sale in Craigslist. The seller even had DMV documents, including a title to check things. It was only when the buyer went to the real DMV that he discovered the truth: the car was stolen after being rented on Turo.
The police are involved
However, the buyer did not just suspend his head in sorrow. Instead, they worked with the Corona police to find another similar list. When the Department’s investigation services division determined that the seller was probably the same person, the agents set up a trap. They agreed to meet the suspect in the interest of buying the car registered in sale.
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When the seller arrived, the police held them and discovered them that he was driving another vehicle that he was not allowed to sell. In fact, the conclusions did not stop there. The suspect, Sebastian Flores, had an active crime mandate for the conspiracy and the flight of car. He also had fraudulent documents on him at the time of his arrest.
In addition, the police found another man raw working with Flores named Lasso Floris. He also had a crime mandate for stolen traffic vehicles. In particular, Corona police think there could be other victims of the same scam.
“Flores and Floris also have extensive criminal history for similar crimes, and it is likely that there are additional victims. If you think you have been the victim by any suspect, we urge you to contact your local law enforcement agency, “said the ministry.
