STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Brooklyn man is accused of passing off a salvaged vehicle to an unsuspecting Craigslist buyer on Staten Island, then going back and stealing the car he had sold a few days after the transaction.

On Nov. 16 of last year, Jose Perez, 22, of Bushwick, put up an ad on the Internet site selling a 2004 Nissan Maxima, police allege. Except the car was a salvaged vehicle, and Perez had used the title to another vehicle to create a forged title for the Nissan, police allege.

He also used a different name, "Jose Alfonzo," on the title and the bill of sale, police allege.

Perez wanted $7,500 for the vehicle but the Staten Islander to whom he sold it haggled him down to $6,000, said a law enforcement source.

Perez and the buyer meet at a mechanic's and completed the sale, but an hour later, the buyer called him and demanded his money back, saying he'd been sold a lemon, the source said.

Perez refused, and on Nov. 19, while the buyer was watching from a window, Perez stole the vehicle from outside the buyer's home, authorities allege.

Police found the car in Brooklyn some time later, driven by someone else, the law enforcement source said.

Police arrested Perez, who goes by the nicknames "Tito" and "Justin," on Sunday night.

He's charged with second-degree forgery, second-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument, fourth-degree grand larceny, fourth-degree criminal possession of stolen property, third-degree unauthorized use of a vehicle and false advertising, said Peter N. Spencer, a spokesman for District Attorney Daniel Donovan.