A person in Laredo paid $28,000 for a GMC Sierra through an online marketplace, only to have the vehicle seized after it was identified as stolen during an inspection by the Laredo Police Department.
“It was too good to be true,” Laredo Police Chief Miguel Rodriguez said. “Do not purchase things online if it’s too good to be true. Don’t buy it. Don’t pay the individual because you are not going to see that money come back to you.”
After the purchase, the vehicle was brought to the LPD Auto Theft Task Force for a 68-A inspection. That’s when investigators determined the GMC Sierra was stolen and seized it, leaving the buyer without the pickup truck and their money…