A suspected flim-flam man dangled Tesla and apartment keys as bait to capture “multiple” New Jersey victims, authorities said.
Maintenance man John DelValle bilked prospective tenants out of $14,000 by posting fraudulent listings on Facebook, showing them vacant units he claimed he owned, and then pocketing the deposit, police said.
The Hackensack resident switched gears from an apartment to a car and defrauded at least three people, including one out of $7,000 by selling a 2019 Tesla Model 3 he had leased, Garfield Police Capt. Mario Pozo told The Post.
“He got at least three victims with the Tesla and many with the apartment,” Pozo estimated.
DelValle, 48, did plumbing work at the Maple Street complex and was given a master key to the apartments “so he knew which apartments were empty,” the chief said.
DelValle would collect a $2500 deposit, even have the intruders sign a fake rental agreement and give them useless keys, Pozo said.
The scam occurred in November when DelValle posted a fake rental listing on Facebook Marketplace for the complex where he worked, Pozo said.
Maintenance man John DelValle bilked prospective tenants out of $14K by posting fraudulent listings on Facebook, showing them vacant units he claimed were his, and then pocketing the deposit, police said. Google DelValle posted a Tesla for sale on OfferUp.com, police said. OfferUp
Police charged DelValle with theft by deception on Nov. 28, but he was issued a summons and released under New Jersey’s bail reform law following the incident, Pozo said.
DelValle was again indicted on December 13 for allegedly running the same scam.
But he was in and out of the Bergen County jail within days, public records show.
Suspected fraudster John DelValle posed as the owner of a NJ apartment complex and posted listings on the Facebook marketplace. Facebook DelValle allegedly tested his luck in the car market when he posted a Tesla for sale on Facebook Marketplace for $17,000. OfferUp
The Hackensack man then allegedly tested his luck in the car market when he posted a Tesla for sale on Facebook Marketplace for $17,000.
The unidentified victim told police he gave DelValle $7,000 and his Nissan Altima on Dec. 30 to get the all-electric ride, valued at $36,000.
The victim drove the Tesla home, only to find it gone the next morning, Pozo said.
DelValle, 48, did plumbing work at the Maple Street complex and was given a master key to the apartments “so he knew which apartments were empty,” the chief said. Facebook
Detectives obtained an arrest warrant for DelValle, who was spotted by an off-duty Garfield officer near Saddle Brook Mall on Jan. 5 and taken into custody, authorities said.
Police again charged DelValle with theft by deception and he briefly cooled his heels in the Bergen County jail before being released, police and court records show.
“We can only do our part. We can’t really decide whether he stays in prison or not,” lamented Pozo.
Three additional scammed apartment hunters have filed complaints with Garfield PD, Pozo said, adding that the department is still receiving calls from victims of the two alleged scams.
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