{"id":3479,"date":"2026-06-30T17:35:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T17:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=3479"},"modified":"2026-06-30T17:35:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T17:35:17","slug":"man-accused-of-using-fraudulent-credit-cards-to-stock-up-on-fireworks-in-hialeah-ahead-of-fourth-of-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=3479","title":{"rendered":"Man accused of using fraudulent credit cards to stock up on fireworks in Hialeah ahead of Fourth of July"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>HIALEAH, Fla.  \u2014 A 20-year-old man was arrested Monday after he used fraudulent credit cards to spend thousands of dollars on fireworks at a Hialeah business ahead of the Fourth of July, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=3477\">MDSO: Man faces 20+ charges in Kendall Dodge burglary investigation; 2nd suspect sought<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/p>\n<p>According to an arrest report from the Hialeah Police Department, the fraudulent purchases were reported to authorities Monday by the owner of Samurai Fireworks, located at 2122 W. 62<sup>nd<\/sup> St.<\/p>\n<p>Police said the owner told police that on June 2, the suspect, identified as Santiago Alejandro Prieto-Mendoza, of Miami, picked up multiple orders of fireworks that were later revealed to have been purchased with fraudulent credit cards.<\/p>\n<p>The owner said the business was notified about the fraud by their payment processor after Prieto-Mendoza had already picked up the fireworks, worth a total of $2,277.60.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, Prieto-Mendoza returned to the business Monday after placing three new orders, which the payment processor also flagged as fraudulent.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=3475\">Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship, rejecting Trump\u2019s proposed limits<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Police said a store employee recognized Prieto-Mendoza as the person who picked up the previous packages on June 2 and immediately notified his supervisors that Prieto-Mendoza was trying to retrieve additional merchandise from the store.<\/p>\n<p>Police were then called and Prieto-Mendoza was taken into custody on a charge of organized scheme to defraud.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, he made some kind of admission to detectives after his arrest, however his exact statement was redacted from the publicly released report.<\/p>\n<p>As of Tuesday morning, Prieto-Mendoza was being held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on a $2,500 bond. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=3473\">The Latest: Trump\u2019s envoys are in Qatar for Iran war mediation<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Latest headlines from:<\/div>\n<div>\nMiami-Dade<br \/>\nBroward<br \/>\nFlorida Keys<\/p>\n<details>\n<summary><span>Cities<\/span><span>\u25be<\/span><\/summary>\n<div>\n<div>\nMiami<br \/>\nFort Lauderdale<br \/>\nCoral Springs<br \/>\nDavie<br \/>\nDeerfield Beach<br \/>\nDoral<br \/>\nHialeah<br \/>\nHollywood<br \/>\nHomestead<br \/>\nLauderhill<br \/>\nMiami Beach<br \/>\nMiami Gardens<br \/>\nMiramar<br \/>\nPembroke Pines<br \/>\nPlantation<br \/>\nPompano Beach<br \/>\nSunrise<br \/>\nTamarac\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 20-year-old man was arrested Monday after he used fraudulent credit cards to spend thousands of dollars on fireworks at a Hialeah business ahead of the Fourth of July, authorities said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3478,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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