Woman buys KIA, but it was a Rental

A Cayo resident is in police custody for renting a vehicle and then selling it. The scam allegedly carried out by twenty-five year old Mark Rosales was reported by a Belize City accountant who purchased the vehicle from him. The woman claims that on February eleventh, she bought a 2010 Kia Sportage during a trip to Corozal. She made a down payment of seven thousand dollars and signed an agreement to pay the balance in installments. But on the twenty-first, Mark Hepburn of Euphrates Auto Rental showed up at her workplace asking about the vehicle. Hepburn informed her that the vehicle belonged to the auto rental business and that Rosales had no authority to sell it. When Hepburn provided proof of ownership, the accountant handed over the keys and paid a visit to the police station to file a report. Rosales was quickly detained pending charges of Obtaining Property by Deception.