JAKARTA Imagine, a luxury car that was thought to have disappeared was stolen years ago, suddenly it was found again thanks to the help of modern technology. This is what happened to Andrew Garcia, owner of Lamborghini Huracan EVO from Orange County, who had given up on his favorite car for two years.
According to a Carscoops report, Wednesday, August 27, Garcia initially thought his car would never return after being stolen along with dozens of other supercars in a multimillion-dollar theft syndicate. The modus operandi is that the perpetrators rented a luxury car and then never returned it, even manipulated documents to be able to sell it back illegally.
"For a lot of people, it's really a very painful blow," Garcia told CBS8.
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However, that hope resurfaced when he received a strange Instagram message. The sender asked, 'Did you sell this car?' while attaching his latest Lamborghini photos. Apparently, the person found Garcia's business card in the car and intended to contact him for supercar business.
Not standing still, Garcia immediately carried out a personal investigation. He took advantage of the ChatGPT to analyze the photo, then combined it with a location search via Google. From there, he managed to collect enough data until finally the car tracks took him to Denver, Colorado. Local police then confirmed that the car belonged to Garcia who had been missing for a long time.
Cale Gould, a spokesman for the Colorado Car Theft Prevention Authority, appreciated Garcia's move. According to him, "This proactive intelligence collection is very useful in helping to rediscover stolen vehicles." Currently, further investigations into the ownership of the car in Colorado are still ongoing.
Meanwhile, in California, members of the supercar theft syndicate began to face legal consequences. One person has been convicted and awaits the verdict, while others are scheduled to undergo trial in October.
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