45 minutes agoThe company’s president and owner, Vince Serrano, told the I-TEAM after the raid that he had done nothing wrong.Serrano provided a warrant showing JSO was investigating allegations of fraud and theft.
The report reads, “In October 2023, the JSO Wrecker Regulation Unit conducted a required audit of all 11 towing companies that were on the JSO TOL . The audit concluded with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Wrecker Regulations Unit recovered approximately $253,000 of unpaid overages.” The audit resulted in the permanent removal of one towing company and the suspension of another towing company for not depositing their overages as required by Florida State Statute.
“The audit also identified a change that had to be made to help deter further violations and non-compliance of the F.S.S. and COJ MO. This change required all towing companies to produce copies of their previous months’ public sale documents prior to the detectives signing off on any paperwork they needed for their current month’s public sales,” the incident report states.