Four men have been arrested in South Florida after state investigators said they operated outside the legal authority of bail bondsmen, committing crimes that included armed kidnapping, battery and fraud.

In a press release on Thursday, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and Department of Financial Services announced that Alexander Michael Rispa, 43, of Homestead; Luis Angel Hernandez Salas, 34, of Florida City; Eduardo Francisco Caceres, 47, of Miami-Dade; and Juan Carlos Soto Arraga, 30, of Miami-Dade, face multiple charges following a joint investigation.

Rispa, Hernandez Salas and Caceres are accused of unlawfully entering a victim’s home in January 2022 while armed, removing the victim without legal authority and transporting them to a warrant-issued agency.

Authorities said

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