HUFFINGTON
07.28.13
KHOU.COM
THE BIG STEAL
said, “Ace is the biggest phone
trafficker in the country.”
Founded four years ago, Ace
Wholesale was the brainchild of
Jason Floarea, a Detroit area entrepreneur who opened his first wireless retail outlet when he was only
16, according to the company’s
website. He says on the site that
he started the company to help
consumers purchase top quality
smartphones at discount prices.
Now 27, Floarea is a married
father of three and an ordained
minister. He aims to open his own
church focused on outreach to
convicts, alcoholics and the home-
less, the site says.
Local law enforcement, however,
accuse him of less savory activities: acting as a well-known buyer
of smartphones and tablets stolen
in burglaries and armed robberies.
In January 2010, Dearborn,
Mich., police pulled over Floarea
in his wife’s silver Lexus and found
two handguns, more than 30 cell
phones, marijuana, a bottle of prescription drugs and more than
$40,000 in cash, according to a
local police report obtained by The
Huffington Post through the Freedom of Information Act. He was
arrested on charges of possession of
marijuana, possession with intent
to distribute narcotics and possession of a firearm in commission
In April,
burglars
drove a truck
through the
front of a cell
phone store
in Houston
before
stealing
dozens of cell
phones.