Florida couple allegedly targeted friends in $200K cruise and luxe jewelry fraud scheme

Source: New York Post

A Florida couple allegedly conned their longtime friends out of hundreds of thousands of dollars for promised cruise ship trips and luxury jewelry, according to authorities. Antonio Diaz, 65, and his wife, Maria Blasco Diaz, 64, were arrested last Tuesday for allegedly creating a “large-scale fraud scheme” and stealing a whopping total of $200,259. 85 from the victims, according to the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office.