Police: Imposter FBI Agents Try To Pull Con
Police Arrest Two At Car Lot
Frank Heinz, Convergence Editor
POSTED: 11:29 am CST March 4, 2004
UPDATED: 12:18 pm CST March 4, 2004
FORT WORTH, Texas -- A man and a woman claiming to be FBI agents are in jail Thursday after police said they tried to pull a scam at a area car lot.
According to police, the couple showed up at a south Fort Worth car lot Tuesday and flashed FBI badges to employees.
The badges included the names of actors Erik Estrada and Julia Stiles.
Investigators said the pair threatened to throw the owner in jail without bail unless he gave them $9,000 and a new car.
Officers said the agents kept the owner of the car lot in an office for four hours hoping he would meet their demands. Luckily, the owner of the establishment was able to slip a message in Vietnamese to a family member asking them to call the police.
Police arrived soon after and began questioning the supposed agents, whose real names are ***Abhishek Sharma***, 25 and Charlotte Kelkar, 17 (pictured, right).
The employees were relieved when they learned the two were imposters and that even the couple's gun was fake.
NBC 5's Scott Gordon said the employees went from being scared to being amused once the ordeal was over. "We were all laughing after they got arrested," said Don Le, an employee.
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