Miami-Dade police arrested a person on Aug. 3, 2021, who they say marketed a woman a used car or truck last yr right after he rolled back again much more than 81,000 miles from the odometer.
Miami-Dade law enforcement this week arrested a used motor vehicle seller who they say rolled back again extra than 81,000 miles from the odometer of a auto he sold a client past year.
Alejandro Quintero Romero, 41, was arrested Tuesday on felony costs of odometer tampering and structured scheme to defraud, in accordance to a report law enforcement launched Friday evening.
It was not obvious Friday if Quintero, from Doral, has an legal professional. He could not be immediately arrived at for comment by telephone or email.
In accordance to the arrest report, he bought a woman a 2010 Mazda CX9 for $9,148 from his dealership, Elite Motors of Miami, found at 6341 NW 84th Avenue, in Oct.
The odometer displayed a looking at of around 100,000 miles at the time of the sale, according to the report. Just after the motor vehicle commenced obtaining mechanical problems, the proprietor introduced it to CarMax on July 9 to get an approximated value.
CarMax staff inspected the car and told the operator that the odometer experienced been tampered with and the studying was not correct. A CarMax report mentioned the precise mileage on the motor vehicle when it was brought in was 181,887 miles, police said.
That is the actual mileage that was recorded when Quintero acquired it at auction in September 2020, police explained.
When a detective seemed at the odometer on July 30, it read through 110,782 miles, according to the arrest report.
Quintero denied any wrongdoing when police questioned him, according to the report. Police said he told them the odometer reading was not accurate when he acquired the motor vehicle.
