I'm going to I'm going to find out who you are and I'm I'm going to put a warrant out for your arrest and I'm going to come personally put handcuffs on you I [Music] willes 56 the Rio Ariba Sheriff's Office got a tip from a citizen saying a scammer claiming to be a US Marshall called him and told the citizen he will be arrested if he did not pay a madeup f the victim was panicked and worked with the Sheriff's Office deputies set up a sting at the man's house and waited for the scammer to arrive we're rolling to that uh Lane right now Caravan is still at the top of the driveway looks like a gap white hoodie they're making the exchange right now stand by okay we're halfway down what do you want me to do units go go go get on the ground get on the ground get on the [ __ ] ground your [ __ ] back [ __ ] that Caravan that Caravan it's backing up do not [ __ ] move yeah good copy good [Applause] copy all right trans back stay right there what's your name what is it [Applause] David 23 Central how do you read coming in low volume show us one male detained one male detained is this how you make a living bro no he told me to pick up packet again is that okay we'll talk about it okay yes I nothing I don't know anything he just told me to you just told him that you were talking that was the cops so don't act like he told me all right roll on your butt what happened man I was like roll on your butt there's a cops right here all right stand up sit on your butt there you go all right 1 2 3 all right you're going to lean up against this car okay yeah I don't know what was going on he just told me is there anything in here that I need to know about no is this yours yeah do you mind if I go through it real quick just to make sure that's my tobacco thing is in there that's it like a yeah the wrong one bro the not in this County big dog not in this County he told he already told him it's the cops he was on the phone with them no I was like there's cops here I don't know why yeah you don't know why I mean I don't know anything about it but we're going to find out so don't you worry she stay in another counter don't come here thank you hold hold this for a minute I'll just take it off yeah is this your backpack yeah yeah they don't come up here okay all right so here's what we're going to do we're going to take the Cuffs off you're not going to move okay if you do you're going to go to the ground stay over here please whenever I release this right cuff I want you to do is put your hand on top of your head okay is this your bag is everything in here yours yeah okay do you mind if I look through your bag make sure nothing in there yeah yes he good hell yeah okay he he said that that guy's just a cab driver well let's ID him get his information we'll let him go are you good with that yeah okay I'm going to secure this okay thank you is see the guy that picked up the money last time okay your headphones yeah hello or Jacob mhm what's going on are you big in your room yeah who else is with you nobody Orlando Orlando hey Adam Adam you picked the wrong County to do a scam in Adam I'm Coming For You ad him if there's cffs Miranda yeah you want to read it to him I I don't we used to read that one when I was all right what's your name Mahindra Mah Mahindra okay you ever heard Miranda rights before yes sir okay all right so I'm going to read them to you on videos okay you have the right to remain silent anything you say Canon will be used against you in a court of law you have the right to talk to a lawyer and have him or her present with you while you're being questioned if you canot afford to hire a lawyer want to be appointed to represent you before any questioning if you wish you can decide at any time to exercise these rights and not answer any questions or make any statements if you start answering questions you don't want you want to stop and and request a lawyer you can also do that okay do you understand those rights yes sir with that in mind do you mind talking to me yeah I don't mind okay so what happened basically one of the guy reached me out he asked me like I have to go like I have to go at this location pick up a package and just bring it back to the airport okay and pay me like, bucks where' you fly out from from Dallas okay where's this guy from and I came from really from Pennsylvania to Dallas and then Dallas to here like connecting flights okay so you flew all the way to Dallas to pick up money I I'm not sure what is what was in there really like I just got told like right this is what I have to pick up package go so you're tell you're telling me that when I dump your phone there's not going to be text messages and stuff on there talking about how you're going to get money from this guy yes you I just got the location you just thought it was totally legit that you just come to some guys's house I'm not sure like they were like they will pay me th000 bucks and I was just going through some stuff like I just had a baby and we are not meeting up the bills and everything and it was going to help me out a little bit so that's why you realize that you're taking this man's retirement you're taking everything he's ever worked for listen to me for a second listen to me listen to me for a second you're taking everything that this man has worked for in his entire life he worked in a a he worked in a a great profession to build the money and you're coming over here and you're taking it from him I totally understand that sir but that that's not what I'm doing I I just got told okay but if I got a phone number and how did they contact you originally they contact me over the phone he got nothing to do he just he he just picked you up from Santa Fe yeah yeah yeah you good all one so do you know this guy at all no never met him how how did he contact you like there are a few friends that that's where it came from W so he's a friend of a friend yeah like two three friends and then that guy knows him so just all of a sudden he's like hey I know you're in Pennsylvania I want you to fly to New Mexico to go pick up a package for me and I'll give you $1,000 for it so basically what happened I used to live in Virginia and I just moved down to Pennsylvania some time ago and we had a business in like Virginia I never did this that's my first time I moved to Pennsylvania it's lot expensive and as of I'm working I'm not reaching the mids so I was talking to my friend like all right this is the case I might do something like start working on the side to make extra money or my wife I'll take care of the baby and my wife can work so that's I like we were just talking casually and one day he just suddenly called me and he was like I have something like that if you want to do it it's all good I was like okay I just have to pick up a packet then I'm good like it's there any drugs or anything like that he was like no there nothing drugs I was like okay so he told me like two days ago and like you have to fly there I was like okay he was paying for all the tickets and everything and I float here and happened okay but I didn't know anything about it is this the first time you've been here yes is not the second time no were you here last Sunday I think he was you no he wasn't me cuz obviously like my friend he was my partner he just looks like me did is he the one I'm not sure I don't know anything about nobody okay so here's what I think you're lying bro I think you're lying to us yeah I mean I'm I'm going to get all the would Li because you you're you're trying to you're trying to steal money but here's the deal you're going to stand right here I'm going to make a phone call okay yeah how if I go through it real quick just make sure this should be my tobacco thing is in there that's it like a g who you picked the wrong one bro he picked the wrong one who's calling you right now I'm this County big dog not in this County you can answer it like not yet no no no not yet wait till the detective he already told him it's the cops he was on the phone with them no I was like there's cops here I don't know why yeah you don't know why that's what I mean sir I don't know anything about it good but we're going to find out so don't you worry about it yeah sure just stay in another County don't come here have a seat have a seat actually LT y we're going to take off this [ __ ] huh it's you want to help me uh take the C we can take off this actually for a minute I'll just take it off is this your backpack yeah yeah they don't come off here okay all right so here's what we're going to do we're going to take the Cuffs off you're not going to move okay do you're going to go to the ground over here please whenever I release this right cuff I want you to do is put your hand on top of your head okay yes is this your bag is everything in here yours yeah okay do you mind if I look through your bag make sure there's nothing in there yeah yes good is is this yours this iPad iPad yeah thank you what's this headphones headphones Che they're your headphones yeah what's this passport is this passport [Applause] sh you're not a United States citizen no sir that's some gum in there okay listen or hey Adam Adam you picked the wrong County to do a scam in Adam I'm coming for you Adam if there's cffs Miranda do you have your Miranda C or [Applause] no you want to read it to him I I don't we used to read that all right what's your name Mahindra Mahindra okay yeah you ever heard of Miranda rights before yes sir okay all right so I'm going to read it to you on videos okay you have the right to remain silent anything you say can Will used against you in a court of law you have the right to talk to a lawyer and have him or her present with you while you're being questioned if you can not afford to hire a lawyer want to be appointed to represent you before any questioning if you wish you can decide at any time to exercise these rights and not answer any questions or make any statements if you start answering questions you don't want you want to stop and and request lawyer you can also do that okay you understand those rights yes sir with that in mind do you mind talking to me yeah I don't mind okay so what happened basically one one of the guy reached me out he asked me all right so as of right now you are going to be under arrest for uh fraud okay like I said you you know what's going on so hold hold on listen so here's what here's what's going to happen okay and what I want you to do is I want you to think really hard about this okay on our way back to the office okay you're an accessory to this okay whether you say that you believed it or not what I want you to do is I want you to think really hard by the time we get back to the office I'm going to talk to you okay and then that between here and there I'm going to call the FBI okay because you came from different states and now the money that you were supposed to pick up reaches over $100,000 there's a good chance the FBI is going to pick this up okay so I want you to be a witness in this not a defendant eventually okay so I want you to think long and hard about telling me the truth and we'll get over there we'll talk again okay y all right [Applause] perfect Jacob sir oh Jacob not Jacobs Orlando hello hello Jacob yeah Orlando yeah where you huh yeah I don't think you're Orlando no this is this is detective Jacobs the r Reba County Sheriff's Office we got your boy and we're coming for you okay just put you on notice you feel good about do you feel good about yourself scamming old men out of their money just sh hear you yeah I'm an actual cop I'm I'm not a fake US Marshall like you say you are I'm going to think I'm going to find out who you are and I'm I'm going to put a warrant out for your arrest and I'm going to come personally put handcuffs on you oh I will oh it's I got it going to keep on calling and calling block it is that him again hey stop calling why' you Hing up on my face you what do you who do you think you are you I'm the guy that's going to put a federal warrant out for your arrest eventually through the FBI oh please that what you got to say doesn't mean that I'm stupid if you stupid well yeah how about you send me a picture of you then I'll send you a picture of me uh why don't you send me a picture of your wife no I'm good I'll I just send you a if you're as big and bad as you think you are just send you send a picture is he drunk what I said if you think you're as big and bad as you are just go ahead and send you a send this phone a picture you're really far away can't hear you okay have a good day lock that number for yep put in your password hold on just a second who this who's this hold on I'll give you a call right back what's up Jacob you say who are you I have Orlando here this is a friend of his Orlando yes yes this is Orlando what happened oh they arrested the guy that picked up your money my money and I hope you can uh I hope you can send some of my money back or most of all of it what what you got from me uh last Sunday your money will come back on time as I told you you're really good at playing this part bro but we're going to find out who you are so don't worry about that you picked the wrong County to do this kind of [ __ ] in why don't keep quiet for a moment why don't you come make me I'm going to give you $2 and 25 well your partner over here is this guy in uh Pennsylvania too over here in ja so you have no idea anything about him I'm sure you guys rehearsed the story a million times huh do you do you realize everything that I can get off those phones even if you delete them you could get you can get the most sophisticated apps and stuff all I have to do is server search warrant nothing's ever going to be deleted off these phones okay I know you know what's going on here so I'm not going to explain it to you sir I just told you what I was told okay can you not understand English lock thank you all right okay I'll talk to you at the office okay is it possible if you can lose up a little bit loosen up okay go step out hey Adam come here come here real quick yeah just want to loosen up real quick loosen up these cuffs that one's good they're both good one one hurting okay face me real quick yeah I already got it look at me oops it's still too tight turn for me turn for me where's the double oh yeah I know I don't like this one oh I was like who is that you want use my key might be able to get it okay we're good all right go have a seat there you go perfect Adam can you go over there and buckle them in yeah move your arms or like sit straight there you go Safety First you know he's what you got to say doesn't mean that I'm stupid if you're stupid well yeah how about you send me a picture of you then I'll send you a picture of me why don't you send me a picture of your wife no I'm good just send you if you're as big and bad as you think you are just send you a send a picture is he drunk sounds like I said if you think you're as big and bad as you are the man they arrested was booked on one count of attempt to commit fraud over $20,000 and the sheriff's office is working with Federal authorities to try to take this network down