MIAMI – A surveillance video helped cops discover a fraud scheme that concerned no less than 4 other people in Miami-Dade County, in keeping with police.
Police officials arrested Lyre Cruz, Frank Marques, and Roman Alvarez on Tuesday morning and detectives reported they have been running to spot and arrest their accomplices.
Police officials reported the surveillance video proof confirmed a trio mendacity via their tooth after a two-vehicle crash on Monday within the University Park house.
A 2019 Chevy Tahoe owned by means of Marques and a 2022 GMC Sierra Denali owned by means of Cruz crashed in a while earlier than 10:15 p.m., Monday, at Southwest 108 Avenue and 38 Street.
According to police, the video presentations it used to be a setup: Marques, 33, and Alvarez, 60, each passengers of the Tahoe, were given out, and Cruz, 40, parked the Sierra Denali on the intersection and were given out.
The action-movie-like theatrics adopted when the unidentified driving force of the Tahoe plowed into the unoccupied Sierra — flipping it on its aspect, in keeping with the police file.
While Marques known as 911 to mention he used to be using eastbound on 38 Street when he ran a forestall signal and crashed, Cruz reported that he used to be within the Sierra Denali touring southbound on 108 Avenue when the Tahoe got here out of nowhere and hit him, in keeping with police.
Alvarez stated he used to be a passenger within the Sierra Denali, and corroborated the experiences by means of Cruz and Marques, in keeping with police. Confronted with the proof, cops reported Marques confessed.
A detective wrote the fraudsters’ function used to be to “create documentation of a motor vehicle crash that was preplanned for the purpose of making a motor vehicle tort claim … to be used for personal injury protection benefits through their motor vehicle insurance.”
Marques, Cruz, and Alvarez have been going through fees of staged coincidence insurance coverage fraud, a second-degree legal; and false file of crime to legislation enforcement authority, a first-degree misdemeanor.
Detectives requested someone with information about this or different circumstances to name Miami-Dade County Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.
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