A taxi driver is facing charges after police said he targeted drunk Miami Beach clubgoers by stealing their phones and using them to make fraudulent transactions.
Reynoso Osias, 48, was arrested Tuesday on eight charges including kidnapping, organized scheme to defraud, offenses against computer users, unlawful use of a communications device, and strongarm robbery conspiracy, Miami-Dade jail records showed.
According to arrest reports, Osias was arrested following an investigation into a pattern of cases involving the theft of cellphones in Miami Beach’s entertainment district followed by multiple fraudulent transactions using the victims’ phones.
One incident happened back on June 14 when a victim said he left a club on Washington Avenue and was approached by a woman who befriended him…