HAGÅTÑA (The Guam Daily Post) — A man was accused of using another man’s identity to buy a car.
Raynard Llamelo Diza, 38, was charged with identity theft and theft by deception in connection to a complaint made in March by an employee of a car dealership.
According to the magistrate’s complaint, the employee told officers Diza, posing as another person, sent an online application in January for a vehicle. The application was later verified, completed and successful when Diza was contacted to pick up the car.
However, the dealership told Diza he needed $2,000 and updated check stubs, which he left and provided later in the day.
According to the complaint, it wasn’t until March that the dealership learned Diza used a fraudulent driver’s license to purchase the car.
Another employee told officers with the Guam Police Department that a First Hawaiian Bank employee said the man Diza allegedly impersonated did not apply for a loan for the truck.
“The report indicates that the Toyota Tacoma was purchased for the sum of ($50,283) and that sale was contracted through (First Hawaiian Bank),” the complaint stated.
A GPD detective examined the photo on the driver’s license provided to the dealership by Diza and was able to confirm it was not Diza. The detective stated in the complaint that he worked with the victim in previous investigations.
Along with Diza’s charges, a notice of commission of a felony while on felony release was added, and the complaint stated Diza was on pretrial release for a 2022 and 2023 felony case.
The sign on the Sgt. Frankie E. Smith police station as seen Monday, Oct. 23, 2023, in Tumon.
Raynard Llamelo Diza
