Tesla Thief Sentenced to 4 Years in Jail for Duping Company

A Vermont man, Michael Gonzalez, has been sentenced to four years in prison for exploiting a loophole in Tesla's payment system to obtain five high-end Tesla cars worth $560,000 for free. He sold three of the vehicles to unsuspecting buyers for $231,900 and attempted to set one on fire to file an insurance claim. Gonzalez pleaded guilty to possessing and disposing of stolen vehicles and agreed to pay back Tesla $493,000. He used bank details with insufficient funds to trick Tesla into delivering the cars before the transactions were completed.