David Subil of Miami, Florida was arrested Thursday after he was accused of acting as a seafood buyer for a cruise line in a scheme to steal around $200,000 worth of seafood, news sources report. Subil, 42, was booked into the Broward County Main Jail on charges of grand theft and bank fraud. He was later released on unspecified conditions. It is not yet known whether Subil has hired a defense attorney.
According to reports, Subil has no association with any cruise lines. However, he allegedly posed as a seafood buyer for a cruise line as part of his scheme to attain seafood. "Investigators allege that Subil would contact a supplier to establish an account for the cruise line seeking to buy large quantities of shrimp, fish and lobster," a police statement reportedly says. Subil allegedly used aliases such as Rick Acosta and Rick Stevenson when conducting the calls.
After making contact with seafood companies in Florida and Alabama, Subil would have the seafood shipped to cold storage locations in Miami-Dade, Palm Beach, Broward, and Volusia counties, the press says. Subil would allegedly pay for the seafood using counterfeit checks. During at least one transaction, a seafood company extended a line of credit to Subil, which he never paid off, reports say. It is not currently known if Subil allegedly sold the seafood or did something else with it.