MIAMI – A man who detectives identified last year as the ringleader of an international criminal enterprise posed for a photograph with a blue Ferrari before he stole it earlier this year in Miami, police said.
A surveillance camera recorded Zakria Khan posing for the photo with the 2020 Ferrari 488 Pista on Jan. 18 outside of a Starbucks at Biscayne Boulevard and Northeast 30 Street in Edgewater, police said.
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The owner of the Ferrari told police that he had contracted Ken Gold, of the Atlantis Motor Group, to pick it up at Precision Auto Importers in New York and deliver it to him in Texas, records show.
According to a police report, the Ferrari’s owner believed Gold subcontracted Raftar Transport, and someone used Central Dispatch, an online platform that connects transport brokers and shippers with carriers.
Khan, 26, who was born in Minnesota and has a phone with a New York City area code, lives at a trendy high-rise building in Downtown Miami, about 15 minutes away from the meeting pickup point, records show.
Detectives in Houston and Miami suspect Khan, 26, pretended to be the rightful owner of the Ferrari valued at more than $467,000, when he posed for the photograph, according to the Miami police arrest report.
Detectives found the stolen car with a fraudulent Iowa tag at the Paramount Miami Worldcenter, at 850 NE 2 Ave., and investigators found Khan’s fingerprints inside, according to the police arrest report.
Inmate records show Miami-Dade County Sheriff’s Office correctional deputies booked Khan on May 16 and he was at the Metrowest Detention Center on Friday night without bond.
Miami-Dade court records show prosecutors filed five cases against Khan on Aug. 23, four closed on Sept. 13, and a case for dealing in stolen property was pending.
County inmate records show Khan was facing 11 charges in three pending cases.
One case was for first-degree grand theft, first-degree grand theft conspiracy, dealing in stolen property, unlawful use of a communications device, and organized scheme to defraud.
The second pending case was for selling marijuana within 1,000 feet of a school, cocaine possession, and unlawful use of a communication device.
The third pending case was for first-degree grand theft and organized fraud. Records show Khan also had a warrant case for forging a vehicle title and third-degree grand theft of a vehicle.
Detectives asked anyone with information about this or other cases to call Miami-Dade County Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477 to remain anonymous.