{"id":8403,"date":"2024-07-25T09:30:41","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T09:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tvbrazilusa.com\/2024\/07\/25\/something-illegal-is-going-on-homeowner-receives-more-than-600-traffic-citations-toll-bills-addressed-to-strangers\/"},"modified":"2024-07-25T09:44:46","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T09:44:46","slug":"something-illegal-is-going-on-homeowner-receives-more-than-600-traffic-citations-toll-bills-addressed-to-strangers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvbrazilusa.com\/pt\/2024\/07\/25\/something-illegal-is-going-on-homeowner-receives-more-than-600-traffic-citations-toll-bills-addressed-to-strangers\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Something illegal is going on:\u2019 Homeowner receives more than 600 traffic citations, toll bills addressed to strangers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-8864793242727901\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\"><strong>ORANGE COUNTY, Fla.<\/strong> \u2013 Several times a week, Pattie Malone stops by her neighborhood mailbox and pulls out a large stack of envelopes that often includes traffic citations, parking tickets, and tollway invoices.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">The street address of Malone\u2019s single-family home near Apopka is printed on the letters, but she doesn\u2019t recognize the many different names that appear on the envelopes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">\u201cI was literally getting new names every day,\u201d Malone told News 6. \u201cI\u2019ve been getting about 30 pieces of somebody else\u2019s mail to my one piece of mail.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">Malone has amassed more than 600 letters addressed to at least 70 different people since she began saving the strangers\u2019 mail in a cardboard box roughly six months ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">About a quarter of the envelopes are \u201cPay-By-Plate\u201d toll enforcement invoices sent by the Florida Department of Transportation and the Central Florida Expressway Authority.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 kmaKPB lOECr full-width\" id=\"BEKPL7IWFRFMFISSDY2P2RCQGE\"><figcaption class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 gIqPVR\"><span class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 gUNunF\">The Florida Dept. of Transportation and Central Florida Expressway Authority have sent more than 150 toll invoices to Malone&#8217;s address.<\/span><span class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 iXosFQ\"> (Copyright 2024 by WKMG ClickOrlando &#8211; All rights reserved.)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">Tollway agencies in a dozen other states including Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and Texas also sent bills to Malone\u2019s home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">Red light violations from Orlando, parking tickets from Los Angeles, and automated speed enforcement citations from New York City have landed in Malone\u2019s mailbox.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">Same with letters from towing company impound lots, auto insurance companies, and car manufacturers announcing safety recalls for vehicles Malone does not own.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">Earlier this year, a detective investigating a retail theft case knocked on Malone\u2019s front door in search of a person whose name happened to appear on several toll invoices.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">\u201cThere\u2019s something illegal going on,\u201d said Malone. \u201cWhy am I getting all this mail?\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 kmaKPB lOECr full-width\" id=\"HDFMV2TDRJDTJEHJX4EYNSCKL4\"><figcaption class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 gIqPVR\"><span class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 gUNunF\">Traffic citations and toll invoices from more than a dozen states have been mailed to Malone\u2019s home.<\/span><span class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 iXosFQ\"> (Copyright 2024 by WKMG ClickOrlando &#8211; All rights reserved.)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">Malone contacted News 6 last month after she said she made several unsuccessful attempts to get the U.S. Postal Service to stop delivering the unwanted letters to her community\u2019s small cluster-style mailbox.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">A News 6 investigation into the mysterious letters has uncovered evidence that numerous vehicles with Florida license plates may have been fraudulently linked to Malone\u2019s home address.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">Many of those vehicles have been caught on camera driving through Central Florida and other states committing traffic violations and running up costly bills for unpaid tolls.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">Some of the names that appear on the letters share names with suspected criminals from Romania who\u2019ve been charged in Florida and other states with offenses such as retail theft, forgery and identity theft.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">After News 6 posed specific questions to the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles about the potential fraud, the state agency that oversees vehicle registrations announced it had launched a probe into the matter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">\u201cThis is an active criminal investigation,\u201d an FLHSMV spokesperson told News 6.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\"><b>Strangers\u2019 mail begins arriving at Malone\u2019s home<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">When Malone purchased her unincorporated Orange County home about five years ago, she occasionally received mail addressed to the property\u2019s previous tenants, but over time it stopped, she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">That changed last summer \u2013 Malone does not remember exactly when \u2013 as traffic citations, toll invoices, and other letters addressed to complete strangers began arriving in her mailbox.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">\u201cIt started very slow. I was getting a few pieces for maybe five or six different names,\u201d said Malone. \u201cThen it started speeding up in the fall.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">At first Malone wrote \u201cReturn to Sender\u201d on the envelopes by hand and dropped them back in the mail.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">Then she bought a rubber stamp that reads \u201cReturn to Sender \u2013 has never lived here \u2013 I will continue sending these back and wasting your dime\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">Malone said she asked the Apopka post office to stop delivering mail not addressed to her family and placed a note in her mailbox instructing the mail carrier to do the same.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">But the letters kept coming.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 kmaKPB lOECr full-width\" id=\"OIL547M5GZDPHOLWKWERRCDQ6I\"><figcaption class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 gIqPVR\"><span class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 gUNunF\">Malone\u2019s mailbox was frequently jammed with letters.<\/span><span class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 iXosFQ\"> (Copyright 2024 by WKMG ClickOrlando &#8211; All rights reserved.)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">The large volume of unwanted mail was originally just a nuisance, Malone said. Then it began impacting her more directly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">First, Malone said she received a call from her auto insurance provider threatening to raise her premium because the company reportedly received information about an additional driver living at her home who was not listed on the family\u2019s policy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">In April, a detective with the Orange County Sheriff\u2019s Office showed up at Malone\u2019s doorstep in search of someone wanted for questioning about a theft at an Illinois Walmart. Malone did not know the man but later found several toll invoices addressed to him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">After accumulating more than 600 envelopes and postcards over an approximately six-month period that were addressed to at least 70 different names, Malone called the News 6 Investigators in search of answers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\"><b>News 6 investigation uncovers potential fraud<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">In part due to legal concerns, Malone said she has refrained from opening mail not addressed to her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">But using names and other information visible on the sealed envelopes, News 6 has been able to track down court records and other documents that reveal numerous vehicles with Florida license plates are tied to Malone\u2019s home address.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">Although it appears likely those vehicles are registered with FLHSMV using Malone\u2019s residential street address, the state agency has not confirmed that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">Malone has received at least eight letters addressed to Ariana Alexis Diaz.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">Online court records show Orange County issued a traffic citation to Diaz after a camera on South Orange Blossom Trail captured video of a silver 2002 Toyota van with a Florida license plate running a red light in October.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">Malone\u2019s home address is printed on Diaz\u2019s citation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">Like other traffic enforcement agencies,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.orangecountyfl.net\/Portals\/0\/Library\/Traffic-Transportation\/docs\/ColorRedLightBrochure-CERT.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orangecountyfl.net\/Portals\/0\/Library\/Traffic-Transportation\/docs\/ColorRedLightBrochure-CERT.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Orange County<\/a> uses images of vehicles\u2019 license plates to identify the registered owners.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">Diaz, 22, never paid the $262 red-light citation so the debt was turned over to a collection agency and a notice was sent to FLHSMV to suspend her driver license, court records show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">Four months later, court records indicate Diaz was stopped by police in Miami-Dade County while driving a different vehicle, a 2009 Honda with a different Florida license plate that had expired.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">A Bal Harbour police officer issued Diaz three citations for unknowingly driving with a suspended license, failing to show proof of insurance, and failing to present a registration certificate, court records show. The agency does not have video of the traffic stop, village officials said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">A judge later dismissed the citations, which listed Malone\u2019s home address under Diaz\u2019s name.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">Diaz, who court records indicate may now live in Seaside, did not return phone calls seeking comment.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 kmaKPB lOECr full-width\" id=\"4FALVDTUMZE3NEFP4WCB444YT4\"><figcaption class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 gIqPVR\"><span class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 gUNunF\">Red-light citations for multiple vehicles in Orlando and Orange County have been mailed to Malone\u2019s home.<\/span><span class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 iXosFQ\"> (Copyright 2024 by WKMG ClickOrlando &#8211; All rights reserved.)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">Dozens of letters addressed to Torbertino Canalli have been sent to Malone\u2019s home from agencies in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey and New York.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">New York City records show authorities have issued Canalli 44 traffic citations totaling $3,730 in fines for infractions such as driving in bus lanes, parking in front of fire hydrants, and driving too fast near school zone speed enforcement cameras.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">Videos and photos of those infractions reviewed by News 6 show a blue Honda Odyssey minivan with a Florida license plate.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 kmaKPB lOECr full-width\" id=\"HRKJJ3BIK5D4FATIJ6MWNZVERU\"><figcaption class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 gIqPVR\"><span class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 gUNunF\">Malone has received dozens of New York City traffic citations for this van linked to Torbertino Canalli.<\/span><span class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 iXosFQ\"> (Copyright 2024 by WKMG ClickOrlando &#8211; All rights reserved.)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">Gabriel Mendoza\u2019s name appears on invoices from toll agencies in Central Florida, Texas, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland, New York, and New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">Records from the New Jersey Turnpike reviewed by News 6 show a light-colored Chrysler Pacifica minivan with a Florida license plate linked to Mendoza running up a $1,453 bill for unpaid tolls between late March and mid-May.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">A New Jersey tollbooth camera captured a photo of two men sitting in the front seat of that minivan. Malone said she does not recognize them.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 kmaKPB lOECr full-width\" id=\"XLCQKSFVPRGHLISE65DEISFIRE\"><figcaption class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 gIqPVR\"><span class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 gUNunF\">These unidentified men ran up toll bills in New Jersey that were sent to Malone\u2019s home.<\/span><span class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 iXosFQ\"> (Copyright 2024 by WKMG ClickOrlando &#8211; All rights reserved.)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">News 6 has been unable to locate contact information for Canalli or Mendoza.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">\u201cDid they just randomly pick my address?\u201d asked Malone. \u201cAnd is this one person doing all this? Or is this a group of people doing this?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\"><b>Detectives investigating Illinois theft visit Malone\u2019s house<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">Malone was a bit unnerved when two detectives with the Orange County Sheriff\u2019s Office showed up at her home unannounced in April.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">\u201cAt first I worried something had happened to my children,\u201d said Malone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">The detectives were assisting police in Illinois who wanted to question a man about a retail theft case there, News 6 has learned.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">Although Malone said she did not recognize the man\u2019s name, she invited the detectives to look through her box of letters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">\u201cWe went through five or six pieces, and there he was,\u201d Malone told News 6. \u201c(The detective) said, \u2018That\u2019s him. That\u2019s the one.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">\u201cOur agency received a report of a \u2018quick change\u2019 scam at our Walmart,\u201d Johnsburg Illinois Police Chief Jason Greenwald told News 6. \u201cOur investigator was able to locate a suspect vehicle that registered to [Malone\u2019s address] in Apopka, Florida.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">According to Greenwald, the offender gave cash to a Walmart clerk for purchases on April 8, grabbed the bills back after they were counted, and then returned the bills to the clerk with more than $600 missing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">\u201cThe suspect remains at large, and the investigation is still active,\u201d said Greenwald.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 kmaKPB lOECr full-width\" id=\"CZTN7E6NDJHFJGKP4FNQDFNDNY\"><figcaption class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 gIqPVR\"><span class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 gUNunF\">Malone has received toll invoices for this van photographed on Central Florida expressways.<\/span><span class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 iXosFQ\"> (Copyright 2024 by WKMG ClickOrlando &#8211; All rights reserved.)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">When the Orange County detectives visited Malone\u2019s home, she said they opened some of the toll invoices addressed to the wanted man.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">Those invoices, which Malone shared with News 6, show a dark-colored Toyota Sienna minivan traveling on Central Florida toll roads as recently as this month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">Illinois authorities have not said whether that particular van is tied to their retail theft investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\"><b>Some addressees share names with suspected criminals<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">At least four of the names printed on Malone\u2019s letters share names with people charged with crimes in Central Florida and other states, but News 6 has been unable to confirm whether they are the same individuals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">A 26-year-old Romanian woman with the same first, middle and last names as an addressee is awaiting trial in Orange County for theft and providing false identification to a police officer after she was arrested for shoplifting from an Apopka CVS.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">Police say the woman, who previously pleaded no contest to stealing 29 cans of baby formula from a Lake Mary Winn-Dixie, gave officers another person\u2019s driver license after being stopped in a minivan with an unregistered temporary license plate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">A 19-year-old Orlando man originally from Romania was charged with stealing $1,430 from a Sarasota County supermarket through \u201cquick change\u201d scam, court records show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">\u201cThis is an ongoing crime trend among a group of Romanian citizens occurring within several states [including Louisiana],\u201d a police officer wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">Malone received a parking ticket from Louisiana address to a man with the same first and last names as the 19-year-old theft suspect.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">A 20-year-old Romanian woman who was arrested last month for fraudulently scanning merchandise in the self-checkout of an Ocoee Walmart also shares the name of a woman printed on toll invoices sent to Malone\u2019s home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">Court records show that woman\u2019s $500 bail was paid by another female whose first, middle and last names match those on other toll invoices.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">A 22-year-old Orlando man, whose first and last names appear on a Florida toll invoice, is currently incarcerated in a Wisconsin jail on felony charges of bank fraud, identity theft, and improperly possessing a credit card scanning device.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">The same man, who court records show is associated with an unspecified Apopka address, is facing additional charges in Pennsylvania for forgery and theft by deception.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\"><b>Why are vehicles linked to Malone\u2019s home?<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">FLHSMV has not yet confirmed whether the strangers\u2019 vehicles are formally registered with the State of Florida using Malone\u2019s home address, and if so, how it could potentially happen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">\u201cReleasing information associated with the case while it is ongoing could compromise the criminal investigation,\u201d an FLHSMV spokesperson told News 6.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">There are several ways vehicles are registered in Florida.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">Owners can initially register vehicles <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flhsmv.gov\/motor-vehicles-tags-titles\/license-plates-registration\/motor-vehicle-registrations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">with FLHSMV<\/a> at local tax collector offices and privately-operated tag agencies by appearing in-person at a service center and presenting proof of identification and proof of insurance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">Titleholders can also appoint someone else to register their vehicle in-person by filling out a power of attorney form that can be found on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flhsmv.gov\/pdf\/forms\/82053.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FLHSMV\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">Auto dealers licensed by FLHSMV can submit initial registration applications electronically on behalf of vehicles\u2019 owners.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">Once a vehicle is registered in Florida, owners can change their residential address online by visiting the MyDMV Portal on <a href=\"https:\/\/mydmvportal.flhsmv.gov\/Home\/en\/Account\/Landing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FLHSMV\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">A spokesperson for FLHSMV did not respond to questions inquiring whether the agency verifies the accuracy of address changes that are made online.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\"><b>Post office stops delivery of unwanted letters to Malone\u2019s mailbox<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">As News 6 was investigating this story, Malone said letters addressed to strangers abruptly stopped being delivered to her neighborhood mailbox.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">\u201cThe Postal Service is working diligently to resolve the customer\u2019s concern and we appreciate their patience as we work to satisfactorily address this matter,\u201d a USPS spokesperson told News 6.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">The federal agency said people who believe they are the victims of mail theft, identity theft, fraud or other crimes involving the U.S. mail can report it on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uspis.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Postal Inspection Service website.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">Convictions for mail fraud carry a maximum 20-year prison sentence and fines of up to $250,000 for each count.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">Although Malone is no longer finding stacks of unwanted letters jammed in her mailbox, she is still concerned people may be using her home address for nefarious purposes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 CGHCP htMUPQ article-text\">\u201cI want to get to the bottom of it,\u201d said Malone. \u201cBecause somebody is doing something illegal.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2024 by WKMG ClickOrlando &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/getting-results\/2024\/07\/25\/something-illegal-is-going-on-homeowner-receives-more-than-600-traffic-citations-toll-bills-addressed-to-strangers\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. \u2013 Several times a week, Pattie Malone stops by her neighborhood mailbox 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