A Hialeah man was arrested in an alleged “credit bust out” fraud involving a pair of expensive vehicles, police said.
Pavel Gomez-Deben, 53, was arrested Saturday on seven charges including organized fraud of $50,000 or more, grand theft, obtaining property or credit by false statement and obtaining a vehicle by trick, an arrest report said.
On Friday, the general manager of Mercedes-Benz of Miami contacted police about a possible fraudulent vehicle purchase involving Gomez-Deben, who was trying to purchase a 2021 Mercedes-Benz AMG G63 for just over $175,000, the report said.
The general manager noticed several items in Gomez-Deben’s application that gave him cause for concern, including that over the course of less than 2 days, Gomez-Deben had 16 inquiries into his credit report, the report said…