I'm going to have to see you for me. You got any weapons on you? No. All right. Hold on. Just hang tight. Hold my ID please. You guys outside? You got your ID on you, man? Yeah. Let me see your ID. Are you Are you Are you inside or you outside? I'm inside. All right, you got it. What's your name? Yusuf. Do you have any other ID on you? No. All right. Nothing else in your pockets, no weapons? No, no weapons. All right. All right, what's going on? You have a no ID on you? No social security card, no ID card, nothing like that? All right, hang tight, bro. This miscommunication, we're going to figure this out. You got it? Can you open this door? Right now, yes. >> Let me see his ID. Yes. Uh I'm already the owner here in New York. I'm sorry, what was the question? Hello? Yes. Is the police officer with you right now or no? Yes. What's your phone number? I'm an officer Nunez. Is that Who's that? Is that dispatcher? You can hang up. Yeah. What is his phone number? I need this owner's. Okay. Get that for me. Hey, can you just run that for me? Let's see what I got. Can you guys figure out if he was with anybody else? Like a car or anything like that? The money I'm holding got to go. Do you drive a car? How'd you get here? Somebody. We need a 24-hour tow truck. What? I'm homeless. You're homeless? You don't drive a car? No. You got a driver's license, my man? No, this is ID. That's just a ID? ID. Driver's license is different. Got it. >> a different thing. All right. I don't I'm just trying to figure it out. I just got the ID from him. Does he speak English? He speaks four languages, he says. Do you speak English? Perfect. >> [music] >> You have his ID? He We're running him right now. I'm from the street, you know? Somebody just pick me up to do that. Hang on. Do you have your Miranda card? Appreciate it. Um so you do you have the right to remain silent? All right, any Has anyone threatened you or promised you anything to get you to talk to me? Yes. Who? I don't know. He told me just take me out. I'm from the street. Who Who threatened you Who He paid me to do that. Who's threat- Who's threatening you to He said I don't know. Around here, bro. He making these checks. He's talking He's talking to me. Are we threatening you to talk to him? No. Oh, okay. >> [snorts] >> So, can we talk about what happened or do you not want to talk? Yeah. Not in front of everybody, you know? Not in front of everybody? Do you want to go in the office somewhere? Okay. You just want to speak right here? You want to speak in private? station Well, we need to talk about the basics real quick here. Do you want to go in an office? Yeah. Yes? >> Well, real quick before anything. The guy that dropped you off, is he still in the parking lot? He said I don't know, yeah. Okay, so he's supposed to pick you up? Are you supposed to call him? Yeah. Okay. >> [snorts] >> So, we will last time we did this when we were in that back office. We will ask him if we can speak to him in there. You're going to detain him? Mhm. And then bring him back there in just a moment. You have uh no weapons or anything on you, right? >> No. Okay. Can you stand up for me? >> [snorts] >> All right, so right now you're not under arrest, you're just being detained, okay? Is it him driving the car? Yeah. What kind of car? It's like a Go GMC what? White. Black windows. White GMC, black windows? Yeah. Who's the driver? Female or male? Both is male. What? Both is male. Okay, is he Black or white? Black. Black guy? How tall? Medium tall. So, two black males? Yeah. What kind of GMC? A truck or a car? Truck. Pickup truck, four door or two door? >> four. You got him? You see that office over there? Open door, we're going to go over there. Oh, can we use it an office? Any office. Okay. Sorry, this is where we Last time we were here the lady had us in here. We can go to wherever. It's just so we can speak to him out of the view of your customers. I'm going to walk outside to see if I see anybody. Can you put both my hands up, please? Yusuf? Yes. Is that how you say Is that how you say your first name? Okay. So, why why are we here today? No reason. No reason? To make money. You're here to make money? Uh I'm I'm not lying to you. I'm I'm homeless. I got like 2 weeks homeless in the street right now. I tried I just met these dudes. He got a machine and stuff. He had all these in the car, you know? Okay. He made these >> you meet these guys at? In the street. In the street? Yeah. Where are you Where are you originally from? Um Dubai. Dubai? Yeah. Where are you Where do you lay your head at? Are you from Orlando or you from From Orlando. Orlando? For now. Okay. So, where did you meet these guys at? Uh he he come and help the homeless people who want to work and some stuff, blah blah blah. I give you half. If you check you cash this check, I give you half, 10% or something like that, you know? Okay. So, they gave you the They gave you this check right here? Yeah. And did you >> it. He got a machine and everything in the car. He has a machine in the car? Where Where did he drop you off at? Uh he dropped me off really far away, I'm not seeing in the camera. Where? Far away so you can't see in the camera. Yeah, like up the street, two blocks away. Okay. So, he just You think he's still over there? No, probably I'll give him a phone call, yeah. You have his number? I mean, he put you in this predicament, so now it's not the time to to hold back. Yeah. Ain't no guy Okay, but we still need that phone number. I do. I'm not going to call him. What's his What's his name? Uh You don't know? Black male? Yeah. I just met him. Black male? Yeah. What he look like? One short and fat, one is skinny and short. Where did he drop you off on Curry Ford? He dropped me off the street. Is that the first one you cashed? Huh? Is that the first cash check you cashed? Yeah. You haven't cashed any other ones? Yeah, let me explain something to you. >> [snorts] >> I've been investigating fraud for 15 years, okay? I'm on the Secret Service Task Force. I've busted up the rings that come over and they abuse you guys, the homeless people over there by the shelters. Is that where you were picked up? >> No. Where were you picked up? Uh Colonial Street. Colonial? Colonial and what? Winston. Wis- Winston Street. Winston? Yeah. Okay. They just approached you and said that you cash this, we'll give you half or you're going to actually do any work? 10%. So, you were going to get $400? Or 400 bucks? What were you going to get? 400. Okay. Did you watch him make this? No. You said he makes them in his car. >> Yeah, but I seen he got the machine and stuff in the car. So, you were with him yesterday. Where did you go yesterday? Chase. So, you cashed another check yesterday. Yeah. Which Chase Bank did you go to yesterday? I don't Okay. So, why would you lie to me when we obviously know you've cashed another check? How much did you get yesterday? 400. Okay. What does he have in his car as far as this the equipment? A printer, a scanner, what does he got? Printer. A printer? So, then he just takes that, prints that out, and puts your name, you give him this the ID, and Where did he do this? And he sends you in? How many checks Be honest, how many checks have you done? This is the second one. Okay. Was the first one for the same amount? Okay. You understand that you're at grand theft, you're a felony. At least be honest. I'm I'm glad you're being honest, but what do you know this guy by? What do you call him? I'm in the street, you know? Everybody want to eat Everybody want to eat. >> I get that. What do you call the guy? I don't Listen, you were down here. That's the thing, and you have to understand that. The guy up here that did the check My name is clean. I don't know what got me Let me see Let me see honestly. This looks like a real check. Like maybe like >> This is a open a open bank. I got Chase Bank. I just opened it yesterday. He opened the account yesterday? And then he cashed a check? All right, it's a washed check. So, I get it. You're just what? Hungry, you want a place to stay? Okay. So, my question to you is where did he say he was going when he dropped you off? He never tell me where is he going. He doesn't tell you? >> I I know he's around. He waiting for me. Well, I'm sure I'm sure he's watching right now that there's, you know, five cop cars out there. So, [snorts] what do you call him? Do you call him, you know, I mean, does he go by a nickname? Gip. With a P? G. Yeah, G. Oh, G? Yeah, G. How long ago did you meet him? 2 days ago. So, you met him 2 days ago and you immediately went and cashed with him? Yeah, at Colonial Street in the bus bus station. Okay. You Oh, you met him at the bus station? >> You're hungry. say he see me like I'm thirsty or something. It's hot as hey hungry want some food la la la come on bro I got you. Okay. So yesterday after you cashed it he left. Did you call him to come pick you up that it was done? No. He was watching just came back? >> Yeah. Okay but he gave you his number in your phone? Is that a yes? Yeah. Okay. Let me take his phone. Listen we can do one thing here but Yusuf Damn on this We can make this Okay. Well unfortunately it's not Yusuf listen to me. We make this easy okay? Either I can take the phone and write a search warrant on it to get the number out or you can give us the number out of it. Those are the two options. So that check was a deposit from that business and it never made it to its final destination so they cancelled it. So somebody grabbed it out of the out of the mail washed it mail or you know drop box So he wrote it out in the car. Did you see him write that one out? Okay. So that's what I just asked you about. The phone. If we get the number now you get the phone back right now. Yeah if not we're taking >> If not we're taking it doing a search warrant. I'm just letting you know I'm being honest with you. Damn. I don't know why you're trying to protect the person that's got you in handcuffs right now. >> You don't even you don't even know him. And you already cashed another check for him yesterday which is also fraud which they have you on video doing. Right now you're sitting on three felonies. For a guy that's never been arrested or never had any criminal charges you're not in a good spot right now. And this is all I do. All I do is investigate fraud. I'm only paying I need a phone number. Okay. We're going to get that from you. Listen helping out that plays what good he's related in there and you helped him. I just want to be honest with you because I if you need your phone for stuff I don't want to I don't want to have to take it from you and you not get it back. You know what I mean? Because unfortunately that's what happens. Do you have a password? No. Okay. C G G God that's dark. G Is that him? Oh you were texting during the whole thing? Why are you laughing at it? I just don't I'm trying >> It's just G E E And I'm trying to get the number. Turn the screen brightness up. Which one's hurting? Huh? What do you what do you want right now? What do you mean? No drugs alcohol you done. You. You. All right. You're a little [snorts] you're a little too jovial for the predicament we're in right now. You look Three felonies I wouldn't be laughing. At least three. Yusuf I know you're high right now man but >> Nah I'm not. Okay you coming down a little bit? All right hold on. All right well unfortunately that's what happens when the police show up. Were you supposed to go do another check after this one? So do you know does he did he ever tell you where he stays at? No. Now he didn't share any of that with you? All right. So you don't know where he stays he never talked in the car about where he goes nothing? He just drove me always. Okay. Always so has there been more than two times? Two times. Just two times. Cuz you only met him yesterday right? Yeah. All right. Damn bro. You'll be moving soon. Wow my oh I get off? >> [clears throat] >> Tell you. I know it. Bro I'm clean bro I'm fresh bro. Why you fresh? What why you think I think I got no problem no problem with police and I've been in jail. That's why you think you're out? >> Yeah. Bro I ain't got nothing my name bro. I'm super clean. You're super clean? Hey what you doing bro look at that. Why you taking a picture to me bro? Because I'm going to put this this is you're the suspect of this. >> [laughter] >> God damn why? Bro I want to smoke bro. You can smoke bro. I want to smoke bro. You going to go shoot me because I'm going to go smoke. >> [laughter] >> You want to smoke in my guy? Why? Why? Yeah I got to reach my pocket. What do you mean? Yeah you want to see? No I don't want to see. Stop reaching in your [laughter] pockets. If you keep reaching in your pockets I'm going to empty your pockets. >> Oh hell no man come on bro. Well then stop reaching in your pockets right now. You can't put it in the table for me I just hit it. Nope. It don't work that way my guy. Arvin you got a phone? Okay. I'll keep this. This is what? Oh that's my vape. That's a vape. That's a tobacco it's a tobacco product. Uh-huh it's fresh. Looks cool. Yeah you can't have it. Yeah you can't smoke this. God damn man I just bought that. Here let me get whatever you got we'll put it in his hat. You just bought that hat too it's brand new. Yeah I bought a lot of stuff. >> Yeah he bought his whole outfit new. Yeah damn bro. Is that what you did with your first 400 bucks? They still are. Hell yeah. Huh? Your first 400 bucks is that what you did? Yusuf is that all you got bro? Yeah. You got to go through a scanner is nothing in your crotch right? >> [snorts] >> Remember that white powder do you have any white powder none of that stuff? >> I don't have anything to carry in there nothing this Come on now. You want some? You going in bro? Mhm. You going enjoying the right. You got nothing on you right? Nothing else on you? Yusuf do you have any drugs on you? Nah bro. Hey I'm talking to you. Do you have anything else on you? Okay you can't bring anything inside the jail you'll be felony charged all right? Nah bro. It's another felony you got four. Okay? I ain't got nothing bro. All right Arvin take a seat. Handcuffs feel better? Did he loosen them up for you? Um so Throughout the encounter the suspect remained largely unbothered as officers continued their investigation. Based on the evidence and statements obtained he was arrested and charged with defrauding a financial institution uttering a forged instrument scheme to defraud and grand theft.