A 27-year-old New York City man using stolen identity information bought a 2020 BMW M4 from the BMW of Darien dealership last July but was caught after a police investigation, and on Nov. 21 he turned himself in, Darien police said.
Police gave the following account, including accusations not proven in court:
On July 25, an employee at BMW of Darien told police that the dealership sold the car to a man who passed all background checks and credit checks — but who turned out to have used someone else’s identification.
The dealership was told by an employee of a car dealership in Hartford that the same person was trying to buy a vehicle at that business but the personal information given had been flagged as I.D. theft.
The police announcement was unclear about how the customer’s personal information had passed muster at the Darien dealership but not the one in Hartford.
The Darien dealership contacted the person named in the I.D. theft and was told the man’s identity had been stolen and that he hadn’t bought the car.
A Darien police detective investigating the case determined the suspect is Christopher Louis. On Sept. 14, an arrest warrant for Louis was approved, and on Nov. 21, Louis turned himself in at Darien Police Headquarters on Hecker Ave.
Louis, now 27, lives on 185th St. in Queens. He is charged with first degree larceny, first degree motor vehicle theftr, second-degree forgery and first-degree identity theft. He is scheduled to appear Dec. 4 in state Superior Court in Stamford.