A Gwinnett County man helped set up the sting that led to the arrest of a man who allegedly sold him an altered and stolen van, according to police.
Fredy Juarez thought he scored a good deal on a 2016 Ford Transit van last month when he bought one from a seller on Facebook for $10,000.
On Monday, Channel 2 Action News told you how Juarez was sold a stolen van on Facebook Marketplace.
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He needed one for his home remodeling business.
“[I’m] just an entrepreneur trying to make a living,” he told Channel 2 Gwinnett County Bureau Chief Matt Johnson.
The father of six had recently sold a vehicle on Facebook himself.
When he met the seller of the van, he paid for it after a brief inspection of the VIN and the title that came with the vehicle.
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