Florida cop finds dead man. Then 4 years later, the officer is arrested after police uncover elaborate alleged scheme.

A Florida police officer who discovered a dead man during a welfare check is accused of exploiting the man’s death to carry out an elaborate scheme that allegedly continued for years, according to authorities.

The Broward County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement that 35-year-old Brian Louis Sguros was arrested last Monday. Sguros — a Lauderhill Police Department officer — was booked on charges of official misconduct, criminal use of deceased personal identification, criminal use of personal identification information, offense against computer user, and unlawful use of a two-way communication device.

‘Sguros represented himself to the Broward County Medical Examiner’s Office as West’s friend, although there is no indication he knew West, and stated that West had no living family, which was untrue.’

WTVJ-TV reported that Sguros appeared