2 arrested after vehicle financing fraud investigation
HORIZON CITY, Texas (KVIA) — Two people were arrested after deputies conducted a fraud investigation, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office said Monday.
Deputies received a report about two vehicles financed through Ibarra Financial Services. The company told EPSCO it couldn’t recover the vehicles.
Investigators said 35-year-old Luis Fernando Jaquez and 34-year-old Briana Christine Cardenas separately financed vehicles through Ibarra Financial Services.
Briana Cardenas (left) and Luis Jaquez (right).(Courtesy: EPCSO)
EPCSO said tracking devices in the vehicles had been removed and both were taken into Mexico. Deputies obtained arrest warrants for Jaquez and Cardenas.
On Sept. 18 at 8:27 p.m., deputies found the two at a home on Paseo de Loma Court in Horizon City. They took the two into custody.
Photos of Cardenas and Jaquez’ arrests.(Courtesy: EPCSO)
Authorities charged Jaquez with hindering secured creditors ($30,000 or more but less than $150,000). His bond totaled $15,000.
Cardenas received a hindering secured creditors charge ($2,500 or more but less than $30,000). Her bond totaled $10,000.
EPCSO said it booked both into the El Paso County Jail Detention Facility.
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