On July 17, 2025, Stearns County Deputy Ethan Schwinghammer received a report of fraud. Deputy Schwinghammer responded to the call and went to J. D. S's [DOB REDACTED] residence located on Nob Hill Drive, Township of Avon, County of Stearns, State of Minnesota. J. D. S attempted to purchase a flying car from an online seller. J. D. S began communicating with a male with the name of "Hintzy Louis." This individual provided the banking information where J. D. S was supposed send money for the flying car.
J. D. S sent $10,000 to a Citibank account number ending with 7607 and routing number ending with 5542 on or around July 2, 2025 while in Stearns County, MN. J. D. S did not receive any information about receiving the car and Hintzy attempted to get J. D. S to send more money. On the invoice for the flying car listed a name of RAUL CARVAJAL [DOB REDACTED], the Defendant herein. A search warrant, signed by the Honorable Judge Schultz, for the Citibank account holder information for the account that J. D. S sent the money to showed the account was owned by the Defendant.
Another search warrant, signed by the Honorable Judge Cashman, showed a bank statement that showed J. D. S's wire transfer being received by the account and withdrawals from the account to Zelle, Coinbase Inc., and Paybis.com of that money. Deputy Schwinghammer made contact with the Defendant inquiring if someone else had access to that account. The Defendant stated that he had not received this sum of money, and that he had closed the Citibank account. Deputy Schwinghammer obtained bank records from Citibank confirming that the account ending 7607 belonged to the defendant and had been opened in May 2025. Additional records showed the transfer into the account from J. D. S. And transfers out within days to Coinbase and Paybis in the amount of $10,000. The records showed regular activity of debit card purchases and transfers in and out throughout the month of July through Zelle and other online transactions.
Deputy Schwinghammer obtained records from Coinbase, Paybis and Zelle, all showing accounts belonging to the defendant and matching transactions from his bank account. In addition, Deputy Schwinghammer was able to link the IP address used in these transactions to the defendant's Xfinity wifi device. Deputy Schwinghammer spoke with the defendant on two different occasions. The defendant claimed he had closed the account and did not use it. He said he did not recall receiving a large sum of money or making transfers out of his account.
He admitted that he had accounts with Zelle, Coinbase and Paybis and that his wifi service was Xfinity. Complainant has reason to believe and does believe that the above information is true and correct. The above facts constitute your complainant's basis for believing that the above-named defendant, on or about the 2nd day of July, 2025, in the Township of Avon, County of Stearns, State of Minnesota, committed the offense described herein.
