Two men from Los Angeles County are accused of participating in a scheme to illegally sell dozens of guns on Instagram, some of which were untraceable.
The two men, Azusa resident Ivan Quintos, 27, and Whittier resident Salvador Lopez, 24, were charged in a federal grand jury indictment alongside two men from Henderson, Nevada, according to the US Department of Justice. Prosecutors claimed the four men sold more than 60 firearms, including untraceable 'ghost guns' and 'Glock switches,' which allow people to turn their handguns into fully automatic weapons.
Lopez is expected to enter a plea during his arraignment on July 9.The two men worked with Henderson residents Mark Perez, 22, and Zachary Dry, 23, to sell the firearms through direct messages and public Instagram posts, according to the 11-count indictment. Federal prosecutors claimed that in addition to the ghost guns, the suspects sold guns with scratched-off serial numbers and others that were stolen.
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