A Romanian man has been arrested and another Romanian is being sought in connection with the theft of over $700,000 in an identity theft scheme using a website once owned by Ace Equipment Company in Blackshear.
“It is one of the largest identity theft cases we’ve ever had in Pierce County, and it is one of the only cases where we have been able to make an arrest,” said Sheriff Ramsey Bennett. Viorel Cristea, age unavailable, of a Miami, FL, address was arrested last week in Miami. Cristea was extradited to Pierce County and booked into the Pierce County Jail Wednesday, May 21.
He is charged with felony identity theft.
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