Missouri man, 28, 'conned women into buying him luxury cars, including a Lamborghini, Cadillac Escalade and Corvette in scam on Plenty Of Fish dating app'.

A man in Union, Missouri, has been arrested after he allegedly convinced several women to buy him expensive cars as a part of a dating app scam. 

Timothy Rossell, 28, was taken into custody on Thursday and charged with one count of impersonating a federal officer and four counts of identity theft.

 

Rossell was allegedly convincing women across the country to buy him cars on the dating app Plenty Of Fish. 

After driving the cars for a while, Rossell would sell them and tell the women the vehicles had been stolen, KMOV reported.  



Timothy Rossell, 28, of Missouri, was taken into custody on Thursday after he assumed fake identities and convinced several women to spend thousands on luxury cars for him.

The 28-year-old was living under the identity of U.S. marshal Austyn Gardner with a 27-year-old fiancee, the St Louis Post-Dispatch reported.

 

With his assumed identity, Rossell convinced his finacee to buy him a Cadillac Escalade, a Shelby Mustang, and a Can-Am Spyder. He also opened credit cards in her names and accumulated thousands in debt. 

 

When the woman discovered the charges, along with federal IDs for Rossell under varying names, she confronted him. 

Rossell then fled in a 2014 Lamborghini Gallardo, valued at $200,000.

The luxury vehicle had been purchased for Rossell by a 27-year-old woman in Ft Myers, Florida.

 

  

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A woman in Fort Myers, Florida, bought Rossell a white 2014 Lamborghini Gallardo (stock image, pictured), valued at $200,000. When the woman he was living with confronted him about other identities he had assumed, he fled in the car before police caught him.

 

 

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The woman in Florida had purchased Rossell several cars, including a  2016 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 (stock image, pictured), valued at $96,000, after meeting him on Plenty Of Fish.

 

That woman knew Rossell as deputy U.S. marshal Austyn Labella and had purchased him a 2016 Chevrolet Corvette Z06, valued at $96,000, and had also loaned him $27,000 in addition to the Lamborghini.

A third woman in Pennsylvania had also fallen victim to Rossell. 

 

All three women met the Missouri man on the Plenty Of Fish daring app.  

After fleeing in the Lamborghini, police arrested Rossell in Effingham, Illinois, as he attempted to buy a bus ticket. 

 

The car had blown a tire.  

Rossell has an extensive criminal history and has assumed numerous identities. 

He was previously charged with auto theft and impersonating both Pennsylvania and Missouri state law enforcement personnel in 2014.