A California man has been arrested following an investigation into a significant fraud case involving high-value purchases of meat and seafood in the Reno-Sparks area.
Authorities said Juan Jose Yepez Garcia of Paradise, California, was taken into custody on August 15 after an undercover delivery led police to discover a dozen large deep freezers filled with stolen meat and seafood valued at over $31,000.
The Regional Crime Suppression Unit, comprising detectives from the Sparks and Reno police departments, monitored the delivery of the fraudulently acquired goods to an address in Paradise. Upon delivery, the transporting party was detained, and Garcia, the receiving party, was arrested by officers from the Paradise Police Department…