Just weeks after police records revealed that Colorado Rockies outfielder Kris Bryant was the victim of a $300,000 Lamborghini theft, another luxury vehicle was reported stolen from a high-end dealership in Lone Tree, according to public records obtained by The Denver Gazette.

In November, a $218,000 Ferrari Roma was stolen from Bentley Denver after it was released to a fraudulent auto transport company, according to a federal lawsuit.

The vehicle was scheduled to be shipped to Twin Cities Performance, a Ferrari dealership based in Minneapolis, however, the vehicle never arrived.

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Twin Cities had arranged the shipment through Angels Moving Autos, a California-based transportation broker the dealership had worked with previously. Instead, a person posing as a transporter from KT Logistics LLC used falsified credentials to collect the vehicle on Nov. 6, 2024. KT Logistics is a Missouri-based freight company that specializes in dry freight and does not transport vehicles.

According to court documents and police records, Bentley Denver’s general manager, Bill Mills, released the Ferrari without verifying the bill of lading or the driver’s identity.

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Angels Moving Autos, which is also named as a defendant in the lawsuit, later admitted in an email to Twin Cities that it had failed to verify the transporter’s insurance and identity before dispatching the order.

The suspect involved had been able to secure the pickup through Central Dispatch, an online platform that connects auto dealers with independent transport carriers. Central Dispatch confirmed the fraudulent carrier profile had been created using KT Logistics’ information and was later removed.

The theft wasn’t reported until nearly a week later on Nov. 12, when Twin Cities general manager Joseph Fabiano contacted Lone Tree police after the vehicle failed to arrive and communications with the shipper ceased.

The Denver Gazette reached out to both Mills and Fabiano for comment, but did not receive a response.

Although authorities have not confirmed a connection between the Bentley Denver case and the theft of Kris Bryant’s Lamborghini, the timing, similar impersonation tactics and the fact both victims were based in Colorado highlights potential vulnerabilities criminals appear to be exploiting in the state.

During the investigation, Bentley Denver salesperson Paul Cerniauskas told police the dealership had recently encountered a similar incident involving a compromised shipper account and was previously advised not to release the vehicle. Investigators acknowledged the statement as a potential sign of a broader pattern of fraud targeting vehicle transport operations.

Detectives also spoke with Todd Miller, the actual owner of KT Logistics, who reported that a Mercedes G-Wagon worth approximately $200,000 had been stolen using the same impersonation method.

That vehicle was scheduled to be shipped from Las Vegas to Florida, but Miller said his company had received multiple calls from dealerships across the country after being unknowingly linked to fraudulent transport pickups.

At the time of publication, the suspect who picked up the Ferrari had not been identified. Police said the vehicle was released to an individual using a fraudulent carrier profile, but no suspect description or surveillance footage was available at the time of the report. The case remains inactive, pending new leads.

In the lawsuit, Twin Cities Performance is seeking damages from Bentley Denver and Angels Moving Autos for breach of contract, negligence, unjust enrichment and civil theft.