Five relatives with Romanian ties are accused of an elaborate scheme involving purchasing cars for decreased values by faking mechanical problems and then manipulating odometers and making cosmetic changes to sell the cars for drastically inflated prices.
Ilie Tudor, 27; Ionut Todur, 29; Florin Tudor, 31; Vasile Tudor, 26; and David Tudor, 22, stand charged with concealing criminal proceeds, theft by swindle and odometer tampering in Hennepin County District Court in connection with the plot that involved purchasing and reselling vehicles on Facebook Marketplace. All five co-defendants are believed to no longer be in Minnesota, and “it appears at least two have left the country.” Warrants have been issued for their arrest. No lawyers are listed as representing them. None has a serious criminal history in the state…