Orlando Man Sentenced for Scamming Daytona Car Dealership

51-year-old Orlando resident Jeffrey Hirschkorn was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Friday for defrauding a car dealership in Daytona Beach. Prior to this incident, Hirschkorn has 74 felony charges and 30 convictions. According to prosecutors, Hirschkorn intentionally paid too much for a vehicle at the dealership in September 2024. He was said to have done this in order to receive a check refunding the excess money. Using this check and the business’s checking account information, Hirschkorn is accused of making a counterfeit check in his father’s name. He was said to have then made multiple internet payments, including a $13,000 transfer to the Orange County Tax Collector’s Office. When contacted by the dealership about the fraudulent payments, the Volusia Sheriff’s Office says Hirschkorn responded with a taunt: “catch me if you can”. Unlike Frank Abagnale in the Steven Spielberg movie of the same name, Hirschkorn was apprehended by law enforcement relatively soon thereafter. The Orlando Police Department took Hirschkork into custody less than 12 hours after an arrest warrant was procured. He was also wanted by the Orange County Sheriff’s Office on separate charges. On Friday, Hirschkorn entered a no contest plea to charges of organized scheme to defraud, uttering a forgery, and fraudulent usage of personal identification information. He was sentenced to 20 years by Circuit Judge Christian Miller. “Thieving Scumbag Jeffrey Hirschkorn will have to file his next frivolous lawsuit from prison,” said Volusia Sheriff Mike Chitwood on Facebook. “Jeffrey told his victim in this case to ‘Catch me if you can.’ When you have 74 prior felonies and 5 stints in prison, I don’t think you get to use that catchphrase.”