He was the last man standing at a prolific crew of bank attraction that, according to prosecutors, went with millions during a series of robberies on the west coast.
Then he allegedly bombed an ATM in the against Costa County.
The man, identified as Diego Ananias Arellano Díaz, was arrested and accused of bank robbery and conspiracy to commit bank robbery, federal prosecutors announced Thursday.
For several months, it was included in the judicial records only as “John Doe 2”, an alleged member of a group of South American robbery than the authorities, according to the authorities, carried out robberies in California, Oregon and Washington.
The crew attacked ATMs and banks. They remained in airbnb rentals near their goals and were armed with construction vests, sled, torch and surgical masks, according to judicial documents.
The crew managed the signal jammers to interfere with the safety systems enabled for Wi-Fi, painted with aerosol on safety chamber lenses and the used rental cars insured in the black market. They carried out their robberies between May and October 2024, according to federal prosecutors in the Office of the United States Prosecutor for the Eastern District of California.
The crew stole more than $ 4 million in cash, prosecutors say.
A Federal Grande accused 11 accused of positions of bank robbery and conspiracy to commit bank robbery on October 31. All the defendants were appointed, except Arellano Díaz. It was included as “John Doe 2” in a separate complaint.
Many of the defendants named were arrested in California, Florida and Chile, and their team was seized in an Airbnb in Welches, Oregon, which the FBI said that it was being used as a crew operations.
The agents recovered toolbox and other teams from the rental unit, authorities said.
During a review of the articles on April 29, the FBI agents took out the clothes that could be tested to determine the DNA. The agents also found a video camera with a memory card inside.
After ensuring an order to search the camera memory card in early May, the FBI agents discovered several video files that included one of the defendants named in the case, Camilo Guzman Sepulveda. The agents also found an image of Arellano Díaz, who at that time was not yet identified.
That photo underwent a facial recognition analysis, and the next day a match was made with Arellano Díaz, according to judicial documents.
His name was added to an arrest warrant, but that remained under sealed while he was still released.
According to prosecutors, Arellano Díaz, who was using the name Fabio Hernández, was initially arrested in Los Angeles County in February and accused of assault with a mortal weapon to a firefighter or police officer. He was released with a bail of $ 75,000, and then disappeared.
On July 20, the Police in the city of San Ramón, in the Bay area, identified Arellano Díaz as the man who suspected that an ATM exploded in a local store.
He was arrested Tuesday at Newport Beach, authorities said.
