Police Arrest Suspect in São Paulo Fake Valet Parking Scheme

Overview

• Kléber de Oliveira Silva, 40, turned himself in Monday night and was placed under a five-day temporary detention order.
• Police say Silva was indicted on seven counts of qualified theft and on association with a criminal organization.
• Investigators traced Pix transfers collected at the sham lot to an account in the suspect’s family, and they say the account holder is not involved.
• Security cameras and follow-up searches led officers to a clandestine dismantling site in the city’s east, where two of the seven stolen cars were found while three remain missing.
• The consumer agency Procon-SP urges drivers to verify a parking lot’s visible business ID number (CNPJ), ask about insurance, and contact police and insurers right away after a theft.