DORAL, Fla. – A person gained a letter from an auto lender congratulating him at the brand-new Dodge Ram pickup he simply leased. But there was once one drawback, police mentioned: He by no means leased the truck.
That sparked an investigation centering round a salesman at a Doral car dealership, in accordance to government.
Doral police took Luis Angel Bibbo, 54, of southwest Miami-Dade, into custody on Tuesday. According to an arrest file, Bibbo labored at Bomnin Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram, situated at 9975 NW twelfth St., simply east of the Miami International Mall.
An arrest file states the sufferer spoke with the dealership’s company monetary director, who learned that any person had used the sufferer’s identity to “unlawfully lease and steal” the truck, which had a gross sales worth of $98,760. The overall worth of the transaction, police mentioned, was once $157,380.
The director informed police Monday that Bomnin was once investigating Bibbo internally, telling investigators that “Bibbo skipped several protocols while making the sale, including personally taking the vehicle to the customer outside of dealership grounds, as well as the final paperwork that needed to be signed.”
Police mentioned Bibbo offered the automobile to a dealer, later recognized as 33-year-old Denis Marti Martinez.
Marti Martinez, the file states, “had presented a fraudulent Florida driver’s license with a picture that does not belong to the victim but contains all his information,” like his driving force’s license quantity, cope with and date of start.
A non-public investigator employed by way of Bomnin “advised that he identified multiple inconsistencies that (Bibbo) conducted throughout the sales of the vehicles that were outside of protocol,” the arrest file states.
Bibbo, all through a police interview, claimed he had gained the sufferer’s information from the dealer and ran his information and the sufferer was once authorized to lease the automobile, police mentioned.
Bibbo informed detectives that the dealer mentioned his shopper was once “too busy” to come to the dealership to signal the forms, so as a substitute, they met at a Wendy’s not up to 3 miles away.
Police mentioned Bibbo couldn’t solution why they didn’t simply meet on the dealership, taking into account it was once so shut.
According to police, Bibbo informed investigators that after he were given to the Wendy’s, the dealer informed him the consumer’s son can be appearing up as a substitute.
Bibbo didn’t ask the son for his id and didn’t examine his identity, police mentioned.
“The unknown son signed all the paperwork, and (Bibbo) did not photograph him as is protocol for their business practices,” the file states. “(Bibbo) then responded back to (Bomnin) and gave the paperwork to the finance manager and failed to inform them that the actual buyer did not sign the paperwork. The finance was approved and the vehicle was picked up at a later date.”
Police mentioned Bibbo gave the automobile to Marti Martinez.
Authorities mentioned Homestead police discovered the truck Monday and arrested Marti Martinez on more than one fees, together with grand robbery and arranged scheme to defraud.
Bibbo, an Argentine nationwide, was once arrested on two counts every of grand robbery and arranged scheme to defraud and was once being hung on a $17,500 bond.
Local 10 News has contacted Bomnin searching for touch upon Bibbo’s arrest.
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