A police officer sold the same vehicle to eight companions

At least eight policemen claim to have been scammed by a man identified as Sergio Tayiber Lara Pinzón after negotiating with him Chevrolet Sail The authorities are investigating the case in which the persons involved belong to the Immediate Action Order (CAI) neighborhood on July 20, southeast of Bogotá.

According to the people concerned, the police had asked for money in advance to "take the step" on the purchase of the vehicle, without knowing that the same vehicle would be sold to more people. Lara Pinzón received about 100 million pesos (31,681 dollars), he said News One Captain José Pineda, commander of the CAI, on July 20th.

When the supposed delivery date approached Lara did not answer the calls, he missed a few days and when the annoyance of the buyers increased, he apologized saying that he could not deliver the vehicle as long as it would not have solved the legal problems related to traffic, reports the television.

Similarly, those concerned knew that The vehicle in question does not even belong to the patrol car. Its owner would have given him the opportunity to exploit it via the Uber app as a public service, in exchange for a percentage of the profits, but Lara did not answer either for that money.

The real owner of the Chevrolet Sail is also looking for the police officer for a long time, unable to contact him. The management of the Metropolitan Police of Bogotá badured News One that an investigation into the case has already been opened in disciplinary matters of the institution and guaranteed that it was an individual process that did not occur. did not engage the national police.

Moreover, some of those involved have decided to report the scam to the Attorney General's office and others They preferred to lose the money invested for not being involved in a disciplinary or criminal investigation. While Lara Pinzón's mother asked "to understand" her son and to benefit from psychological support, she explained that it was a "sudden change" in her behavior.

The news also knew that Lara Pinzón already had a case in progress for which the police had ordered her to return her. The disciplinary sanction fulfilled the terms of his appeal when complaints about the sale of the vehicle began to arrive, and they discovered that there had been a complaint to the Office of the Prosecutor.