The Cuban resident in MiamiMaike Acosta of Guns, with a history of arrests fororganized fraud androbo in the last three years, was arrested again this Monday in Hillsborough County, Florida.
According to himpolice record, Acosta, 46, was arrested this time on a new charge of petty theft, but his record includes more serious crimes.
In 2021, Miami-Dade police arrested him and appeared in court accused of being part of agang that defrauded the Home Depot store chain, worth thousands of dollars.
Acosta, along withLazarus James Acosta andOnassis Diaz, were charged with carrying out an organized fraud scheme and large theft in several branches of the warehouse chain, whereThey presented false documentation to pick up products ordered online and leave without paying.
The sentence handed down by the court for these crimes and when they were released from prison are unknown, however, in March 2023 Acosta was arrested again in Palm Beach County, with additional charges, which included petty theft of merchandise from a farm or traffic valued between $100 and $750, possession of cocaine and providing false identification to a law enforcement officer, the independent media reported.Cubans around the World.
Otherpolice report from the beginning of last October, indicates a new arrest in Hillsborough County, with charges of possession of a controlled substance, providing false identity to a law enforcement officer, third-degree grand larceny and another petty theft. The joint bail set for these crimes amounted to $5,000 dollars.
Acosta, who persists in his recurring criminal behavior,He was also imprisoned in 2020, according to an official record published by the news portal.
For crimes ofscam andfraud Other Cubans have also been detained in Florida this year.
Christopher Landy Mora, 24 years old and owner of the used car dealershipRoyalty Motors, in Hialeah, South Florida,He returned to prison in September, for the fourth time this year, on additional charges of organized scheme to defraud and selling vehicles with adulterated identification, among others, which added to a series of crimes for which he had been arrested on three previous occasions.
A father and son of Cuban origin -Leovigildo Vielwood (59 years old) and his sonEmilio Bosque Rodríguez (32) - appeared in Miami-Dade criminal court two months ago, accused of participating in aschemefraud to extract fromTruist Bank thousands of dollars through the presentation of fake checks.
More recently,Hialeah police arrested Cuban Yanet Herrera, 35 years old, who was dedicated to selling fake bags and told his clients that they were excellent offers on products from famous designers.
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