organized scheme to defraud

Miami Beach police arrested Hakam Shahin, accused of orchestrating a vehicle theft scheme involving hackers who accessed dispatch information to steal luxury cars during transport. The suspect is linked to multiple cases, including a stolen Range Rover and a Porsche, with victims sometimes facing ransom demands. Police recovered several stolen vehicles and recommend secondary GPS tracking for prevention.

A 20-year-old man was arrested in Hialeah after using fraudulent credit cards to purchase $2,277.60 worth of fireworks from Samurai Fireworks ahead of the Fourth of July. The suspect, Santiago Alejandro Prieto-Mendoza, was taken into custody following a second attempt to retrieve merchandise flagged by his payment processor, and he is being held on a $2,500 bond.

A receptionist at the Trump International Beach Resort in Sunny Isles Beach faces four felony charges after allegedly altering guest cash payments to card transactions linked to himself, causing over $3,100 in credit card fees. Police began investigating on June 10 after hotel management reported payment irregularities.

A bookkeeper at Presidente Supermarket in Miramar was arrested for an alleged $3 million theft scheme involving cash withholding, false documents, and altered bank statements. The fraud spanned several years, with stolen cash concealed through falsified vendor invoices and instructions to cashiers to avoid depositing certain amounts.

A Miami man, Jordan Alexander Bustillo, was arrested for operating street confidence gambling games that defrauded victims of thousands of dollars and a Rolex watch. The scheme involved Three-card Monte and a bottle cap game, with victims manipulated through deceptive techniques and accomplices. Bustillo was found in possession of over $17,000 in cash and stolen luxury items during his arrest.