There’s bragging on social media, and then there’s what Lazaro Lesteiro-Diaz allegedly did. The 26-year-old, who goes by “Yunglazz Drakula” online, spent weeks rapping about his identity theft operation on livestreams, complete with laptops full of cash and a headset like the ones scam call centers use. Turns out, law enforcement was taking notes the whole time.
Miami police, Miami-Dade deputies, and the FBI teamed up on the investigation after Lesteiro-Diaz posted a string of videos detailing how he pulls off his schemes. In one clip from June, he can be heard rapping about calling victims from a spoofed Bank of America number to talk them into handing over their account information. A detective translated the lyrics in the arrest report just to make sure nobody missed the point.
Things escalated from there. On July 6, he reportedly flashed a gun and stacks of cash on stream, then flipped the camera to show personal information belonging to actual victims while narrating his fraud process. Later videos showed a bottle of promethazine cough syrup, better known on the street as “purple drank,” and a bathroom sink covered in cash next to a pile of debit and credit cards.
By the time officers executed a search warrant on his Westwood Lakes home Thursday, they had a pretty good idea of what they’d find. They just weren’t expecting the backyard.
What Police Found Inside the Home
Investigators recovered a firearm, extended magazines, a diamond “Drakula” chain, a diamond watch, baby bottles containing more suspected purple drank, cash, and a call center headset matching the one seen in his videos.
Standard fraud-suspect inventory, unfortunately common these days.
The Part Nobody Saw Coming
Behind the house, officers found two chickens with their heads removed, along with a room dedicated to Santería and other ritual items. Nearby, they discovered a live baby goat in a box, its neck marked with orange paint indicating where it was meant to be slaughtered. Thankfully, police got the goat to a rescue organization instead. FBI agents also found video on his phone of him holding two dead chickens that matched the ones found on the property.
Lesteiro-Diaz reportedly admitted the items belonged to him and said he bought the cough syrup to treat an illness, then invoked his right to remain silent. He’s now facing charges including armed drug possession, organized fraud, money laundering, identity theft, and animal cruelty. Court records also show he was previously charged in 2020 over online threats made while living in Hialeah, a case that ended in withheld adjudication.
He’s currently held on a $30,000 bond in Miami-Dade, and he’ll need to prove any bail money comes from a legitimate source before he walks.
Our Take
Filming yourself explaining a crime in progress is one of those decisions that seems to happen more often than it should. Add a backyard sacrifice setup to the mix, and this stopped being a routine fraud case fast.
If nothing else, the goat got a happier ending than anyone probably expected going in.