LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska authorities have accused a California man of scamming several would-be buyers out of thousands of dollars for what he said he had: a powerful, hard-to-find car engine.

Lancaster County prosecutors last week charged 59-year-old Steven Shaull with theft. Nebraska Department of Motor Vehicles investigator Marlan Hohnstein says Shaull was arrested Friday in California. Nebraska online court records don’t list the name of an attorney who could comment for Shaull, of Anaheim.

Authorities say a Lincoln company, Restore a Muscle Car, reported wiring $11,500 to Shaull in December for the 426-cubic-inch engine to put in a 1971 Plymouth Barracuda. The company says it never received the engine.

Hohnstein says in court records that he found other people who also were duped.