"During this prison stint, the NYPD investigated a deadly hit-and-run in Ridgewood, Queens in the summer of 2024 that left 74-year-old Be Tran dead. Cops say Stoian was driving a BMW along Myrtle Avenue near Hancock Street at around 7:40 p.m. on Aug. 14, 2022 when he attempted to bypass traffic. He swerved into the opposite lane and struck Tran, who was working as a delivery driver, and sent him hurtling 150 feet. He was pronounced dead at the scene."
"Meanwhile, Stoian fled, ditched his vehicle, then returned and set it ablaze. In the process, cops said, the fire spread to several other vehicles and a nearby building. The defendant obviously had no thoughts of helping that victim, no thoughts of his family that he leaves behind, and no thoughts of facing the consequences for his actions. Instead, he thought about himself, and he ran like a coward, Lieutenant Jag Singh of the NYPD's Collision Investigation Squad said."
"Sources familiar with the investigation report that Stoian is a known scammer, a member of a Romanian crime syndicate, and used several fake aliases. Police initially tracked one of his phony credit cards to Michigan before losing sight of him after he escaped into Canada. However, Singh said the department never gave up, even after years had passed, until they tracked him down to Germany."
Florin Stoian, a 30-year-old Romanian national, confessed to fatally striking 74-year-old delivery driver Be Tran in Ridgewood, Queens on Aug. 14, 2022. Stoian swerved into the opposite lane on Myrtle Avenue to bypass traffic, sending Tran 150 feet; Tran was pronounced dead at the scene. Stoian fled, abandoned his BMW, returned to set it ablaze, and caused a fire that spread to other vehicles and a nearby building. Stoian spent three years in German prison for pickpocketing and used multiple aliases while linked to a Romanian crime syndicate. Police tracked him through a phony credit card and extradited him to New York.
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