MIAMI — Police officers arrested Wilmer Vasquez in downtown Miami, more than four months after a woman reported that she was defrauded out of $20,000 in Key Biscayne, records show.
Miami police officers arrested Vasquez, 34, at 10 p.m. along Northwest North River Drive, near Fifth Street, after a National Crime Information Center database “felony vehicle alert,” according to a police report.
Vasquez, also known as Wilmer Vasqueztribuiani, was “sitting inside the vehicle involved” in the fraud that the victim reported on Jan. 29, in Key Biscayne, a police officer wrote, according to an arrest report.
Miami-Dade corrections booked Vasquez shortly before 2 a.m. on Thursday at the Turner Guilford Correctional Center, according to inmate records.
“An unknown subject, by means not yet determined and without authorization, accessed her computer and caused a pop-up message, disguised as an Apple support notification, to appear on the screen,” a police officer wrote, according to the arrest report.
The victim reported that the notification reported “her identity and personal information had been compromised,” according to the police report.
“The victim contacted the telephone number displayed on the pop-up message and was subsequently transferred to an individual claiming to be a bank security agent,” a police officer wrote. “Through a series of false representations, the victim was induced to withdraw $20,000.”
The victim withdrew the cash, placed it in a box, and gave it to an Uber courier to deliver it to the Mobil gas station on Crandon Boulevard, according to police.
“Surveillance video obtained during the investigation captured [Vasquez] receiving the box containing the victim’s $20,000 from the Uber courier and departing the area with the proceeds,” a police officer wrote, according to the arrest report.
Vasquez faced four charges: Organized fraud of $20,000 or more, offenses against users of computers, unlawful use of a communications device, and second-degree grand theft of less than $100,000. His bond was
Vasquez had a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement hold on Thursday afternoon, according to inmate records. He was born in Venezuela and lives in Miami-Dade’s West End area, according to the police officer’s arrest report.
Safety tips
The FBI warns the public to beware of “computer pop-up scams” that start with “a fraudulent alert” that claims your device has a virus and provides a fake support number to call.
- Do not call.
- Do not click on the pop-up.
- Close your browser using Task Manager (Windows:
Ctrl + Shift + Esc) or Force Quit (Mac:⌘ + Option + Esc). - Never grant remote access
- Fraudsters also tend to demand payments be done via wire transfer, cryptocurrency, and gift cards.
If you have information about a case and want to file a complaint, visit this page and contact the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center.
Local 10 News Assignment Editor Carson Merlo contributed to this report.
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