MIAMI BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) – A man charged with stealing luxury vehicles from Miami Beach is now part of an international car theft ring investigation by the Department of Homeland Security. Victims are now sharing how they fell prey to the complex scheme targeting vehicle shipping companies.<\/p>\n
Speaking with 7News, Robert Falaguerra described how thieves managed to steal his Range Rover over the summer.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey have a history of getting extremely nice cars, taking advantage of both technology and, like I said, gaps in the system to get their hands on them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Surveillance video from Falaguerra\u2019s South of Fifth condo in South Beach on June 29 shows his Range Rover loaded up on the back of a vehicle transport truck as it rolled away. It was supposed to head to Chicago but never arrived.<\/p>\n
Falaguerra isn\u2019t the only one to find out his pricey ride didn\u2019t reach its destination.<\/p>\n
A woman who did not wish to be identified told 7News she had her dream Porsche stolen when it was meant to be shipped to Colorado from her condo near Mid-Beach.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I knew that I would never see it again,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Authorities say this type of scheme has become increasingly common: fraudsters targeting vehicle transport companies and brokers.<\/p>\n
\u201cVery sophisticated,\u201d said Falaguerra.<\/p>\n
Utilizing forged work orders, crooks gain unauthorized access onto transport dispatch sites and reroute vehicles to different destinations where they\u2019re then stolen. Oftentimes these incidents happen without the knowledge of the drivers making the delivery.<\/p>\n
The theft of the Porsche and Falaguerra\u2019s Range Rover resulted in the arrest of Hakam Shahin on July 10. He was first taken into custody in Broward in connection to another stolen car.<\/p>\n
Neither the Porsche nor the Range Rover have been recovered.<\/p>\n
Falaguerra suspects that his Range Rover is long gone.<\/p>\n
\u201cShipped out of the country on a container ship or it\u2019s been shipped up to New York or somewhere like that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
A new federal arrest warrant issued for Shahin on Monday suggests Falaguerra is on the right track.<\/p>\n
In the warrant, Shahin, who has since bonded out of jail, was arrested again by U.S. Marshals on Friday. He\u2019s accused of conspiring to transport stolen motor vehicles from Newark, New Jersey, which were allegedly being \u201cloaded into shipping containers\u201d with some of them \u201cbound for United Arab Emirates.\u201d<\/p>\n
The federal filing comes after a monthslong investigation by DHS.<\/p>\n
Shahin remains behind bars in Broward County on a hold by U.S. Marshals. He\u2019s expected to be extradited to New Jersey for those federal charges.<\/p>\n
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