(AP) – A Colorado grand jury has indicted two people accused of fraudulently obtaining used cars and reselling them.
The state attorney general’s office said Monday that 33-year-old Othello Kenta Bland and 22-year-old Chelsea Marie Getchell were in custody in Kansas. They face charges of theft, computer crime and conspiracy to commit theft. Bland also faces one count of violating the Organized Crime Control Act.
An indictment alleges the pair targeted individuals selling vehicles online or in a publication. The two are accused of either stealing vehicles during test drives or providing forged checks for vehicles. The indictment alleges they resold the cars for cash to buyers they found online, earning themselves more than $71,000.
Victims learned of the fraud when they were couldn’t obtain a proper title for the vehicles.