{"id":351087,"date":"2026-07-24T13:57:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T13:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/351087\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T13:57:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T13:57:10","slug":"detectives-arrests-suspect-in-sophisticated-identity-theft-and-grand-theft-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/351087\/","title":{"rendered":"Detectives Arrests Suspect in Sophisticated Identity Theft and Grand Theft Scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/News-Release-Header-NEW-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1640\" height=\"450\" title=\"\" role=\"img\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CAPE CORAL, FL \u2014 Following a detailed investigation, the Cape Coral Police Department\u2019s Economic Crimes Unit has arrested Santino Parreno Guerra (DOB: 05\/11\/1995) in connection with an intricate fraudulent scheme targeting bank customers across multiple states.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The investigation began in early July 2026 after corporate security specialists at a financial institution alerted law enforcement to coordinated account compromises. Fraudsters impersonating bank representatives contacted victims to phish one-time passcodes (OTPs) and account verification details. With the stolen credentials, perpetrators contacted the bank\u2019s call center to alter customer mailing addresses to Cape Coral locations and request expedited replacement debit cards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Using investigative techniques and resources, Detectives with the CCPD Economic Crimes Unit were able to connect Guerra with fraudulent cash withdrawals and high-value money order purchases.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the morning of July 23, 2026, CCPD Economic Crimes Detectives, with assistance from the Cape Coral Police SWAT Team, executed a search warrant at a local residence on NE 24th Ave where evidence related to the investigation was located. Guerra was taken into custody and subsequently transported to the Lee County Jail.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Santino Parreno Guerra was booked under the following charges:<\/p>\n<p>F.S.S. 817.568(6) \u2014 Fraudulent \/ Illegal Use of Personal Identification Information (Victim 60 Years of Age or Older) (2nd Degree Felony)F.S.S. 812.014(2)(c)1 \u2014 Grand Theft (3rd Degree Felony)F.S.S. 843.02 \u2014 Resisting an Officer w\/out Violence<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/NR-Mugshot-Template-84.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1640\" height=\"450\" title=\"\" role=\"img\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CAPE CORAL, FL \u2014 Following a detailed investigation, the Cape Coral Police Department\u2019s Economic Crimes Unit has arrested&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":333390,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-351087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=351087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/333390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=351087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=351087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=351087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}