佛州警察涉嫌冒用亡者身份侵占其房产，4年后被捕
佛罗里达州劳德希尔（Lauderhill）警察布莱恩·路易斯·斯古罗斯（Brian Louis Sguros），35岁，10月20日被捕。他被控在2022年7月处理一起福利检查时发现71岁独居老人丹尼斯·韦斯特（Dennis West）死于家中后，冒用死者的身份，把老人的房产据为己有。
据《今日美国》报道，斯古罗斯被控公职渎职、盗用亡者身份等多项重罪。调查人员称，他在发现尸体后，向法医办公室谎称自己是死者的朋友；随后盗用死者身份办理装修许可、缴纳税款和水电费，并为这处房产投入超过21.4万美元进行装修，房产价值已涨至约50万美元。
案件细节还包括：2024年8月，一份8000美元的换门窗许可申请上签的是死者的名字；2022年7月至2023年1月间，他7次用工作电脑查询相关数据库。目前斯古罗斯已被停薪停职，调查仍在进行中。
Florida Officer Accused of Stealing Dead Man's Identity to Take His Home, Arrested 4 Years Later
LAUDERHILL, Fla. — Lauderhill police officer Brian Louis Sguros, 35, was arrested on October 20. He stands accused of stealing the identity of 71-year-old Dennis West — whose body he found during a July 2022 welfare check — and taking over the dead man's home.
According to USA Today, Sguros faces multiple felonies including official misconduct and criminal use of a deceased person's identification. Investigators say that after discovering the body, he falsely told the medical examiner's office he was the man's friend; he then used the dead man's identity to obtain renovation permits, pay taxes and utility bills, and poured more than $214,000 into renovating the property, now valued at about $500,000.
Other case details: an August 2024 permit application for $8,000 in door-and-window replacement bore the dead man's name; between July 2022 and January 2023 he ran seven queries on work computers. Sguros has been suspended without pay, and the investigation continues.
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