In September, the Florida Division of Agriculture and Client Companies’ (FDACS) Workplace of Agricultural Legislation Enforcement (OALE) introduced they busted a multi-county business automobile theft operation.
Brokers arrested Leonel Diaz Pairol, for his alleged function in a legal enterprise involving stolen business automobiles, fraudulent automobile identification numbers (VINs), and falsified title documentation spanning a number of counties in South Florida.
“The theft of economic vehicles and trailers is just not a victimless crime — it drives up the price of items and companies for each Floridian,” stated Commissioner Wilton Simpson. “Because of the diligent work of our Workplace of Agricultural Legislation Enforcement, a significant participant in a complicated automobile theft and fraud operation has been taken off the streets. We are going to proceed to aggressively examine and disrupt legal enterprises that focus on Florida’s companies, shoppers, and provide chains.”
In 2023, OALE obtained a referral concerning a legal enterprise concerned within the trafficking of stolen property, fraudulent VINs, and falsified title documentation throughout South Florida.
Over the course of the investigation, OALE Particular Brokers recognized a semi-trailer bearing a counterfeit VIN and fraudulent paperwork. The trailer was intercepted in Immokalee, Florida, throughout a site visitors cease and was linked to EZH Transport Inc., owned by Leonel Diaz Pairol. Additional assessment revealed that OALE had beforehand seized three VIN-swapped semi-tractors from Diaz Pairol and EZH Transport. Title histories confirmed that falsified paperwork and fraudulent rebuild inspection information had been submitted in reference to these automobiles.
Additional inquiries revealed that Diaz Pairol was related to a number of fraudulent semi-truck rebuilds, together with a Freightliner tractor valued at roughly $140,000 that had been reported stolen from Miami-Dade County. Fraudulent title functions, falsified restore information, and VIN alterations had been systematically used to hide stolen automobiles.
On September 8, 2025, OALE Particular Brokers arrested Diaz Pairol in reference to this enterprise. He was transported to the Miami-Dade Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Heart pending judicial proceedings.
Leonel Diaz Pairol was arrested and charged with felony offenses.
