How you doing? How you doing? You have your ID with you about you here? Yeah. Okay. What's going on? I don't know cuz I got sent in a Cuz I don't know what would have been but Okay. It I hope I ain't going to All right. Okay. Well, we'll go figure it out. What are you doing here today? Well, you got a a check got mailed to me and I was getting to come here to deposit in my account. Okay. You got an account here and you just mailed it deposited? Okay. I got Do you have your ID with you? Yeah. Okay. I appreciate it. You have that check? I'll both sign you. That's fine. Pop off central. I got a holding order. Okay. That's fine. Yeah. Yeah. So, what was Go ahead. First one was like for $400 and $85. And the second one was And the other one was $700 as well. Okay. Finally got a call back from them. She said cuz the person wasn't there in office, she couldn't do it. Cuz she couldn't Check it. Where's my coin? I did. What's going on? No, it did. I it got See the check in the mail and then I I did the I did the deposit. You want to have a seat? Yeah. Okay. What happened you said it came out your mailbox? Yeah, it came in the post office. That's where I receive my mail at downtown. What deposit box is it? Like what's your number? Like the post office? Yeah. No, it didn't deliver at 3:06 3:06 or 3:07 like that. Okay. I got you. Yeah. So, it came out of deposit? So, it was it was yours, right? Yeah, well, I mean my mail, but somebody done sent it to me. I didn't know it was Yeah, I got you. You still got the envelope it came in? No, I took it out. Do you often get checks in the mail? No, not not really. Not really from you know, not really. I got you. I just thought it was you know legit, you know. Okay, go ahead. So, I called yeah. Okay. The girl said she couldn't verify the account number, but she said it does not mean it's not a check that was written off of them. Okay. She just couldn't verify that check number and that name. Okay. Yes, this is what I did. She said this check number is verified it was not off of the claims name, but she couldn't disclose the name that it was on it. Okay. But she did confirm it was me. Okay. And it was their home office in Chicago. Okay. So, it's actually the exact number on the check that we called on. And she came in yesterday to open the account. Got you. Appreciate it. No problem. Thank you, guys. I know it said the guy that sent it to me his name was Vincent. Mhm. His name was Vincent. Do you know a Vincent? I mean no, I don't know him, but >> Mhm. Are you texting Vincent now? Yeah, cuz I'm cuz I'm cuz I ain't got his number. You know a Vincent? Yeah, I got his number. Look, you let me put that Y'all don't be on the phone with him. Y'all don't be on the phone with him. Sure, you can call him. Did he say why he was sending you the check? Like, do you know him though? Do you know him or not? He just a friend? >> to him he just a friend, but still I don't want to go to jail over this. Please don't arrest me, cuz I ain't do nothing wrong. I ain't That's not working out. Or it's saying somebody returned call. Okay. I don't want to go to jail over there. Please don't take me to jail. I ain't even know. Cuz I ain't even know. I didn't even know. >> What's his name, Vince? What's his name? I don't know his I don't know his last name. He sent me He said he he told me he sent me a text. He sent me a text saying he can, you know, whatever. He sent me a text saying How did he get your number to send you a check? >> He didn't call me. He called me. So he called you, sent you a text, and then >> Yeah, and he said like he can give me money, you know, stuff like that. I couldn't bail for it. He said he can He said he can help me out. Is this the first time sending you a check? No. He I mean he he did He sent me a He He only He sent me those three. Three? Have you ever worked for Express before? No, I I haven't worked for Express. Yeah. You wouldn't even get those checks if you worked for a temp service. So why would Vince be sending you those type checks? I don't know. Wait. Wait. Wait. What about the like No, here here See right here? Okay. Come back over here. Let's sit down. All right. Can we see your bag? Do you have any more checks in there? No, I don't. You got some envelopes sticking out the front. Can we see what those are? You talking about these? Yes. Yes. Yeah, in the front. Talking about these? Mhm. No, different social security. This different social security. See? So there's no more envelopes? No, no more envelopes. Different social security. Look, I don't know what I don't want to go to jail. Please don't take me to jail. Cuz I didn't know. >> We need you to be truthful. No, cuz I'm telling you the truth cuz he he told he told me he could help me with money. And I I'm homeless. If somebody going to help you, they're going to send you a personal check, not Look though, I'm Look he said Look look though, I'm homeless. I don't have nowhere to go. I stay in So I stay in a tent. You only sent so what was going to happen after you deposited the checks? What thing? What was going to happen after you deposited the checks? I don't know. Cuz they ain't really They ain't I was saying to plead here. They ain't really >> No, no, but but you came in here expecting to be able to deposit them, correct? >> Cuz I want to get me an apartment. >> Okay. I just want to get me an apartment. What were you going to use the money for? Yeah, for my apartment. >> So, he was sending you free money? Dude, he said he could help me. >> Okay, he didn't expect any money in return? No, he didn't expect nothing in return. So, he didn't expect exchange for nothing? No, he didn't say anything. Once he didn't say anything. He said What's his last name? Do you know? I don't know his last name. >> Do you mind if we look through your texts just to see what type of conversations y'all have been having? It's You can unlock your phone, and do you give me permission to look at the texts between y'all? He told He told me to get him on So, an answer her question before you go. He told He told me to get Target gift cards and do something with them, like get a Like he gave me No, it's also on my own phone. He told me to get Target gift cards and send him like the Like he asked me Yeah, but he was sending me the money. He was giving me money, then he told me to return it back to him. So, this is not the first transaction you and Ben have had? I do not want to go to jail. I already I've been I've been locked up a bunch of times. It's been years since I've been locked up. I'm trying to change my situation. I'm trying to get Yeah. Let's see that. So, she's been getting gift cards She get a fraction of it. She told her cops were here. He told her to come out. Yeah. Today? Just now. When we just walked up. Look, look. Okay, like this. Look. Okay. When I said When I sat here and gave him, you know, got gift cards, and then when I sat here and called him back, he was like, "I'm going to deposit 5,000 in your account." And I said I said, "Look, I said, don't play these games with me. I said I need help. My situation, man. I said, why you playing these games with me?" Right. The party you are trying to reach is unavailable. He ain't even answering you now. He is All right, let me read you this real quick, okay? You understand these rights I'm explaining? Yeah, what wrong? What have I done? NO, WHAT HAVE I DONE? I DIDN'T KNOW. LISTEN. NO, what have I done? You tell me that. >> Listen to me. Just listen. Having these rights in mind, do you wish to talk to us now? Yeah. Okay. That's it. What have I done? Well, that's what we're trying to figure out exactly, because >> hold on. I ain't even got no man. Yeah, that's not true, because your transaction history at Target. I know that, because they just confirmed it. So, you No, no, that was the money HE PUT IN MY ACCOUNT ON THE CARD. He put money on my card. >> you go to Target for? To get the gift cards. >> Okay. So, He put the money in my account. >> Okay. So, he He got He put the money in my account and got I That's how I got the gift card. I I ain't got no man. You get the gift cards with that $493? No, not with that. With other money that he sent you. I See, they He got my He got my banking information from here. He got my banking information. And then he told me he going to put the He put the money in my account. And then he told me to go to Target and get the gift cards. >> put money into this new account. Yeah, he put money in there, cuz I didn't have none. How did he get your account information? I I don't know how he got it. I don't know how he got it. Well, that's the only way you can get it is if you give it to him. You know that. I mean, so who is the gentleman that's parked over here in the white truck when I got here? What white truck? I don't know no I don't know no Nobody I don't know. So, you came on the bus? Yeah, I came on the bus. I don't know And how long did you wait outside before you came in? Who? The white truck? I don't know nobody in a white truck. Okay. So, let me Forget about that for a moment. You said you came on the bus. Yeah. Just to come here and do this. Yeah. Okay. He said, "All right." He said, "I'm going to email you a check." Look, look on my phone. Look what he emailed me a check. I'm going to show you. Look there, look. This what he emailed me a check. >> Okay. Green Card Finance, look. Mhm. Yeah. So, what were what >> He emailed me the check. And he said print it at the UPS store. Okay. >> I printed at the UPS store. You had to print these checks on that paper at the UPS store. >> Yeah. I just got these checks. He said print it at the UPS store. I went to the UPS store today. And you printed it off at UPS. >> Yeah, and I ain't got nothing. I ain't got no money. I didn't get no money cuz I didn't get no money. So, so he didn't send you checks? No, he didn't send me checks. He put money in my account. He put money in my account and said go get the Target gift card. That's what he said. Well, he he sent you checks that you had to go print off on paper. That doesn't That doesn't work that way. >> No, look. When I printed the check, no, listen. When I printed the check, he said go deposit it at the bank. And I But, look. And then he said that But, he told me this. When I got here, he said print the check and then I'll give you your money. So, I have a question. Have you ever had a job before? Yeah, I had a job before. I used to I I I've been working ever since I was 15. It's just the job I had didn't work out cuz they weren't paying me enough. Okay. Previously, with your experience in your previous jobs, how did you receive your payment? By work. I'm saying like how did they pay you? How did you get paid? Oh, direct deposit and sometimes with checks. Okay, so that's what I'm saying. With your old jobs, did you ever have to do all this to get paid? No. So, that's what I'm saying like But, look. See, the thing about it is See, he See, he put He got my account information. Here, this check got Can Can we be honest How did he get your account information? You had to give it >> him. I don't know why I gave him cuz I don't Look, cuz We're being honest now. No, listen. I sent him some paper from Pinnacle Bank. Maybe it had my account information on it. I don't want to I just sent it to him. So, you knowing that he had your account information, you didn't want to file and say hey, my account has been compromised." Like it didn't phase you that somebody had your account information? >> know cuz look, cuz he put the money in my account. >> That's what I'm saying. You had to know for him to be able to put that money in your account. You see what I'm saying? >> No, I didn't put no money in my account. >> say you did. Why you trying to make it seem like I'm the one doing it? Why you trying to make it seem like I'm the one doing it? >> No, I'm trying to break it down to you. >> No, I'm trying to break it down to you. Okay, go ahead. >> No, I'm trying to break it down to you. Okay. I didn't get no I didn't get no damn man. I didn't get no man. Okay. >> He came here and put the money in my account and then he come go get the Target gift card. I got you. I didn't get no money out of that. The check hadn't even cashed. It hadn't even went through. So, why am Why you up here trying to trying to make it seem like I did something wrong? >> You did. Plain and simple, you did. What? I didn't even get no money. That's unfortunate. That's how it works sometimes because you were here trying to deposit fraudulent checks. I didn't know they were fraudulent. I didn't know cuz look, he sent me the email and stuff. He sent me the email. I didn't know. I didn't I didn't do that. This ain't right. This not right cuz I didn't know. I thought it was a real check. No, I thought it was a real check because I'm sitting here hungry and I'm trying to stay out of trouble. Keep it down. We're inside of a bank still. I'm going to search you. Do you have anything on you? No. Okay. This is bull. Have you already sent the email? Yeah, I already sent it. Come on, Brian. Stay in jail. All right. know till you get a bond. Where is my phone at? It's right here. Huh? Yeah, we're going to keep the phone. I saw some dude in a white truck. You can't tell a lie on me, man. I wasn't waiting on nobody in a white damn truck. I didn't say you were. I was just asking. Would you like a seatbelt on? No. Okay. Despite initial denials, inconsistencies in her statements raised further suspicion during questioning. She was arrested and charged with forgery and attempted fraudulent transaction.