A Chicago man was charged Wednesday with illegally possessing a machine gun after allegedly showing up to what he believed was a vehicle repossession job, only to find himself face-to-face with undercover federal agents, court records show.
Edwin Moreno, 27, also known as “AK,” is accused of possessing a Glock .45-caliber pistol fitted with a machine gun conversion device (MCD) — a device that transforms a semi-automatic handgun into a fully automatic weapon capable of firing multiple rounds with a single trigger pull, according to a federal criminal complaint.
Moreno and an unidentified accomplice were allegedly recruited by ATF agents posing as repo men needing armed security. Neither man knew the purported tow operators were actually federal agents, the complaint states…