---
title: "Man Allegedly Cons Women Into Buying Him Lamborghini, Corvette, Shelby Mustang"
description: "28-year-old Timothy Rossell reportedly pretended to be a U.S. marshal."
date: "2016-10-17"
modified: "2016-10-17"
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  - name: "Will Sabel Courtney"
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url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/5583/man-allegedly-cons-women-into-buying-him-lamborghini-corvette-shelby-mustang"
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  - "News"
tags:
  - "Corvette"
  - "Crime"
  - "Lamborghini"
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---

# Man Allegedly Cons Women Into Buying Him Lamborghini, Corvette, Shelby Mustang

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A Missouri man has been accused of convincing a woman to buy him a [Lamborghini and a Corvette as part of an online dating swindle](<https://www.kmov.com/story/33395660/man-accused-of-conning-women-to-buy-him-lamborghini-and-corvette>) that stretched across several states and encompassed at least three women, according to authorities.

28-year-old Timothy Rossell was arrested on October 13, and has been charged with one count of impersonating a federal officer and four counts of identity theft. According to police, Rossell was engaged in a con in which he would convince women to buy cars for him, drive them for a time, and then secretly sell them while telling the women the vehicles were stolen, [KMOV.com reports](<https://www.kmov.com/story/33395660/man-accused-of-conning-women-to-buy-him-lamborghini-and-corvette>).

[Rossell had been living with his 27-year-old fiancee in Union, Missouri](<https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/man-from-union-accused-of-impersonating-u-s-marshal-in/article_7af2e989-6660-5251-a6d5-a19623cb2bea.html>), under the identity of deputy U.S. marshal Austyn Gardner, according to court documents cited by the *St. Louis Post-Dispatch*. During their time together, Rossell convinced her to purchase him a Cadillac Escalade, a Shelby Mustang, and a Can-Am Spyder; he also opened several credit cards in her name, racking up tens of thousands of dollars in debt.

[According to Detective Sergeant John Biser](<https://www.kmov.com/story/33395660/man-accused-of-conning-women-to-buy-him-lamborghini-and-corvette>), when Rossell’s bride-to-be found the credit cards and several federal I.D.s for him under a different name, she confronted him—only for him to flee in his white 2014 Lamborghini Gallardo.

The Lamborghini, it turned out, had reportedly been purchased for Rossell by a 27-year-old woman from Ft. Myers, Florida, who he had also dated. She told police she had also bought Rossell, who she knew as deputy U.S. marshal Austyn Labella, a 2016 Chevrolet Corvette Z06, and had also loaned him $27,000.

Rossell was ultimately captured by authorities in Effingham, Illinois, where he was reportedly captured at the bus station trying to buy a ticket after the Lamborghini blew a tire.

Rossell reportedly met both women, as well as a third victim from Pennsylvania, on the dating website Plenty of Fish.

The *Post-Dispatch* reports that Rossell’s criminal record contains a litany of offenses across several states under numerous identities. A January 2014 article from Pittsburgh-area news outlet *Trib Live* reports [Rossell has previously been charged with auto theft and impersonating both Pennsylvania and Missouri state law enforcement personnel](<https://triblive.com/neighborhoods/yourmonvalley/yourmonvalleymore/5415374-74/rossell-police-theft>).

***Update***: The Gallardo in question was a 2014 model year vehicle, not a 2015.

## Author
Will is the former managing editor of *RIDES Magazine* and the former online editor for *0-60 Magazine*. He has worked for *Time Out New York* and *Rolling Stone*, and was the creator of *College Cars Online*, the first automotive blog specifically targeted at college students and young professionals.

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