Fake Cop Busted Selling Non-Existent Repossessed Luxury Vehicles
A Quincy man has pleaded guilty in federal court to a scheme where he took money from people after falsely claiming to be a law enforcement officer selling repossessed vehicles.
Recardo S. Beale, 34, of Quincy, pleaded guilty to three counts of wire fraud. He was charged in March of 2025.
Officials say Beale did work as an officer for the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department from about April 2021 to November 2021. But later, in 2023 and 2024, Beale claimed to three individuals that he was a law enforcement officer and had access to repossessed vehicles that he could sell at a low price.
Beale falsely identified himself to these people as a sheriff, a Boston Police detective and a Massachusetts State Police trooper.
The individuals gave tens of thousands of dollars to Beale for the repossessed vehicles he claimed to have access to, including a BMW, an Audi and a Mercedes. Beale never had access to any of these vehicles.
Beale met with two separate people at the Suffolk County House of Correction purportedly to show them repossessed vehicles.
During one meeting on Nov. 17, 2023, Beale met with a person inside the House of Correction. Surveillance video showed Beale wearing a Suffolk County Correction Officer Academy hoodie, blue tactical pants like those worn by jail guards and black boots. Beale did not show any vehicles to the person on Nov. 17, 2023, claiming that his superior, was also involved in the sale, was not available.
The charge of wire fraud carries a sentence of up to 20 years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000. U.S. District Court Judge Myong J. Joun scheduled sentencing for Aug. 26.
