Citing inadequate proof, authorities declined to file expenses towards a Miami Shores, Fla., dealership finance manager arrested on suspicion of identity theft.
Tropical Chevrolet Finance Supervisor Sofia Pinedo, 31, was arrested by the Miami Shores Police Division in February after Jennifer Umanzor reported showing as a co-signer on an ex-boyfriend’s 2016 Porsche Macan with out authorization, police mentioned.
Assistant State Legal professional Charles Heinemann declined this month to file a cost on the one depend, and Pinedo has returned to Tropical Chevrolet. She had been positioned on go away, the dealership mentioned in February.
“She did nothing mistaken,” Pinedo’s legal professional, Michael Gottlieb, of Michael A. Gottlieb PA, mentioned Tuesday. “She’s thrilled to be again at work.”
Gottlieb mentioned he had defined the circumstances to the prosecutor’s workplace.
Pinedo initially informed authorities purchaser Bryce Crawford and his ex-girlfriend Umanzor had been current on the dealership for the signing on the Macan, which had a “finance quantity” of $53,051.15.
However police mentioned Crawford and Umanzor agreed Umanzor wasn’t current. Crawford, who has not been accused within the case, mentioned the dealership had deliberate to mail the paperwork to Umanzor, in response to police.
Pinedo had been mistaken in regards to the Sept. 30 deal when she talked to police this 12 months, and he or she could not recall the circumstances of the transaction, in response to Gottlieb. He famous the interplay occurred on a day Pinedo dealt with six offers and oversaw at the very least six others.
“Whereas the defendant could also be responsible {of professional} incompetence, the State has obtained no proof that she deliberately allowed the sufferer’s identification for use illegally,” Heinemann wrote in a memo March 4.
Gottlieb famous Heinemann’s “little dig” at Pinedo’s talent and mentioned everybody made errors.
Gottlieb referred to as Pinedo good at her job and mentioned the incident seemingly would make her extra diligent.
“She’ll in all probability be higher transferring ahead,” he mentioned. “We’ll all be higher off for it.”
Pinedo informed Automotive Information she’d labored as a finance supervisor for almost a decade, dealt with 70 to 80 offers a month and by no means had a difficulty with a buyer or employer earlier than.
Pinedo suggested fellow finance managers to “bear in mind,” saying what occurred to her might occur to anybody.
“It is such a fast enterprise,” she mentioned.
In line with an investigator, Crawford was adamant Umanzor agreed to co-sign the mortgage, whereas she was adamant she had not performed so. Police mentioned they could not make a willpower both means.
Nobody else has been accused within the case, in response to police.
Crawford and an legal professional for Umanzor declined to remark Tuesday on the state legal professional’s choice.
