Florida authorities arrested four men of Cuban origin accused of theft of construction materials and being part of an organized fraud scheme.
According to local media, the subjects were arrested by the Medley police, in Miami-Dade County, accused of stealing and illegally trading the stolen materials.
The long investigation would have ended on Wednesday, April 24, with the arrest of Guillermo González, Rolando Díaz, Reynel Castillo and Roylis Rodríguez, who now face accusations of fraud and trafficking in stolen goods.
According to the police report, the Cubans developed a strategy with which they seized a shipment of premium grade plywood, which was valued at about $77,725.
This shipment belonged to a local company called County Wide of Miami, where Díaz and González worked.
The employees would have taken advantage of their access before the start time to take the materials before they were collected by Castillo and finally sold by Rodríguez at prices below those of the market. This sale was carried out through his company KNK Services.
The subjects were detained while carrying out another theft of materials, this after the owner of the company contacted the authorities to inform them that the events were taking place at that time.
Upon arriving at the warehouse, the police discovered the Cubans while loading construction materials into their vehicle, so they could not deny the crime.
A video shared by the press shows the exact moment in which the pair of company employees parked a van and used a forklift to move the heavy boxes.
According to the Medley police chief, Michael Martínez, this strategy was efficient, and the economic damage generated to the company was considerable, in that sense, he highlighted the efforts of the authorities to guarantee security and protect the interests of the companies that follow the law.
Finally, Medley police requested the community’s collaboration to obtain more information related to this criminal network.
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