Orlando Cops, Ex-Wife Nab Alleged ID Thief Accused Of Defrauding Non-Profit Home For The Mentally Challenged; Took Out Loan, Leaving It In Foreclosure

In Orlando, Florida, WFTV-TV Channel 9 reports:

• Police say a man took identity theft to a whole new level. He didn't steal a person's identity. He stole it from a non-profit house that helps mentally challenged people. Police say Afries Rodriguez even took out a second mortgage on the Kat Cadogan Home for the mentally challenged. Now, Rodriguez has been captured thanks to his ex-wife, who helped his victims lure him back to Florida after he was hiding out in Georgia. [...] The house is the Kat Cadogan Home, a place where mentally-challenged adults and children can live safely. But those who run the home say Rodriguez likely destroyed it all by posing as the non-profit's president and essentially stealing its identity.

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• As smart as his scams were, his ex-wife would outsmart him. Tuesday, she lured Rodriguez to a parking lot, with a promise of lawsuit settle[ment] money, where Orlando police took him down. He's being held without bond on 19 different charges with more to come.

For more, see Man Steals Non-Profit Organization's Identity. DeedContraTheft