On July 14th, [music] 2025, what started as a routine financial check quickly uncovered something no one was expecting. And within [music] minutes, it led to an arrest no one in the office saw coming. Hi, how can I help you guys? Um Well, we have um been going through records. We are um extremely behind on our taxes, so we've just recently been doing some reconciliations and we discovered for several months between the months of June 2022 and January of 2023 that we have a employee that apparently has been doing um online banking as well as presenting checks to either a cashing institution like maybe a convenience store or something like that. So, we've got multiple checks being cashed um and for the same employee. We've already gone to the bank. Um you know, they've done a little bit of research, kind of told us what kind of banks they were, um but we, you know, we're just we feel like it's fraud. Okay. >> And so, we just wanted to make a representation. >> Where is the business at that location? >> Marshall. Okay. And then, um where is she cashing the checks? Well, we've got that information yet. We have all of it. She's >> Is it local that she's cashing it or where is it? >> it is not because they are One bank is a Stride Bank, which according to um our bank, Stride. >> which is more It's a Stride. which is an online banking. Okay. Um and then there is um there's no local banks that they've been cashed at. Um They were And not being duplicated, put that way. None of the checks that she None of her em um payroll checks that she cashed locally were duplicated. Everything that has been duplicated has either been with this Stride Bank, which is an online banking um and then a looks like a presentation to maybe a check-cashing facility. Um do you guys know where the check-cashing facility is? No, we have pictures. So, we went through and got I've printed how the check was first presented and then how it was presented secondly. 5,400 of them? Most of them, other than the very first one, was within a day of each other. And so, it started um when did we say? In July of 2022 and then in January of 2023, our bank Finally caught one. caught one. And then it's like it stopped after that. So, how many transactions are there? >> It's $5,400. So, there are So, what you see on top is how it was first presented to the bank. And then the second one is how it was the second time to whoever. That first one, there's a noticeable difference between days. And that's the only one like that. >> You're saying 2020 to now or >> No, no. 2022 to now? >> in 2022 and ended in January of 2023. We have an unfortunate situation in our office where um uh previous owner left us with a mess of an accounting. And so, we are just now reconciling 2022 and 2023 and these were just recently found and actually found Saturday. >> [snorts] >> The employee still works for us. That's why we're here. >> well, let me ask you though, were you guys the owners in 2022 and 2023? We are not. Well, we're not the owner owner. >> Okay. So, the owner on paper is not with us, but he is going to be advised of all this. That's our next visit. I'm the office manager, she's the agent. Okay, so what I'm asking is is cuz you guys said that it was it it which Yeah. Okay, so Okay, so who So, when it switched over cuz you guys said it switched over to a different business or >> No, she passed away and then I became agent. The ownership was joint ownership with her and her husband. So, nothing changed about her. Nothing changed So, nothing's changed about ownership between now and then. Okay, so cuz that's what I'm trying to make sure is that it's not a different victim. Yeah, like it's a different victim because like like say the business got sold is what I'm asking. And as the questions continued, attention slowly shifted to someone inside the office. Hi. Are you Delilah? Can I have a conversation with you, please, in the back? We're going to go have a conversation. So, I'm Daphne Moleski with the Sumter County Sheriff's Office. The reason that I'm sitting here meeting with you is because there's an investigation that's been um that's been brought to my attention by your employers from 2022 to 2023 reference some potentially fraudulent checks. What's going to end up happening today is you are going to end up being placed under arrest, okay? So, what I'm going to have you do is I'm going to have you stand up for me real quick. Put your hands behind your back. Okay. When my coworker gets here, what we're going to do is we're going to I'm going to have him stand with you. We're going to end up grabbing some of your items. I'll let you talk to your mom and everything like that. Put your hands together like you're praying for me. It's Yep, that's fine. >> Okay, if you have anything on you that's going to stick me, poke me, contaminate me, anything of that nature. No, ma'am. Okay. Okay, go ahead and spread your feet for me. Just going to do a pat down. We'll do a full pat down in the back, okay? Okay, I'm going to have you sit where I was sitting cuz it's a non-swivel chair. I'm just going to have you wait for Deputy Hinderhoffer to get here and then he's going to stand with you and I'll go get your supplies and everything like that, okay? Okay. Where is her purse or her phone her phone? Uh I'll let I'll let mom take everything. Ma'am, come talk to me. Okay, she's in the back with one of my coworkers right now, okay? So, she brought fraudulently deposited a bunch of checks into there and into her account through the like her pay stubs. She double did it in the tune of $5,400. So, she's going to end up going to the Sumter County Detention Center. If you're >> Can I talk to her, please? Hold on a second. That's what I'm going to tell you. If you're calm, I'll let you talk to her. >> Okay. Okay. Okay. Just don't touch her. She's sitting in there and she's in handcuffs right now with my other coworker and you can have a conversation with her, okay? What the hell are you thinking that like As things began to settle, the consequences started to come into focus. No, no, no. Get that >> [laughter] >> Yeah, they were um So, it's going to be August so the first one's in August. [clears throat] Or no, the first one's in July so that one won't count probably. I got to go that date, but yeah, August sounds really good. You had to do this You had to do this here? They give you a chance. They give you a job. You did this to them? >> Sounds good. Really, Delilah? Guess I shouldn't have done that. Did he get you anything new? But I can't even get this. I mean, something I say the people you hang out with No, it's the people It's not that. It's just that too. I'm going to leave the phone with the full confession that she has. I'm going to get some more paperwork from them real quick. Are you okay? Are you pulled over? Is that what you wanted? What you wanted? This is what you're going to get. This is what you wanted? This is the life you wanted to get? You got the baby daddy in jail. Is that what you wanted? You got another boy in jail. That's what you wanted? That's the life you want to live? Like Like your man do? That's the kind of life you want? Like your friends' man do? So, now you want to see your kids in jail, too? So, this is [snorts] That's what you chose to have our people on. That's what you chose. Think about it. Talk about what you did to Jacob. Talk about what you did to Jacob. Look at them with Jacob. Yeah. I'll tell [laughter] you why. It's like because you did it. Ma'am, um you're going to take her wallet and everything that's in her desk. I'm taking her phone so she can get phone numbers. I just need your ID to say that I'm um passing her wallet and like anything that's in her wallet to you. Just for documentation purposes. SO3 I'm sorry this had to happen. Thank you, ma'am. Okay, so what's going to end up happening she's going to get booked into the jail. She's got 16 felonies. It's going to be 16,000 plus dollars most likely for the bond. Okay? So, 10% to a bondsman. Yeah. >> [snorts] >> I I I'm giving you a loan number right now because I don't I haven't worked I haven't done a fraud arrest in a while. Um so it's going to be it's usually between a thousand and two thousand dollars. So, it's going to be anywhere between 16 and and like 3,200 or 32,000. So, um she'll be able to give you it as soon as the charging is done and but she'll be able to be in contact with you cuz she'll be able to get numbers out of her phone, okay? You're taking custody of the children? Okay. And you know where to get them and what to do and everything like that. Okay. I just want to make sure before she leaves because there is going to be a period where she's not going to be able to have contact with you. So, if you have any questions about the children, now's the time to ask. You know medications and food allergies. Okay. Like I said, I just like to make sure for the kids' sakes and everything like that. Okay. They live with you, right? Okay. Do you have any questions, comments, or concerns? Okay. Mom's got the kids. Um she knows exactly what to do with them, everything to do. I can do everything. I'm going to do a full pat down of you now. So, just so you go ahead and stand up for me. So, you understand you can't take any nicotine, tobacco, anything like that into the jail. Anything goes into the jail tucked away or anything like that, even the smallest bit of marijuana, even if it's legal, it's automatically a felony. Do you have anything on you? Okay. Nothing shoved behind the phone case or anything? Okay. Go ahead and spread your feet for me. We're going to do this in the AC cuz it's horrible out there. Just a hair clip. No extensions or anything? Can you turn a little bit for me? Okay, thank you. This just goes back in the movie case. Yeah, that's fine. I just have to open it and make sure there's nothing tucked back there by the glasses or anything. Welcome back. Okay, come on. Oops. Okay, this first car right here, we're just going to go to the passenger back seat. The suspect was taken [music] into custody and charged with grand theft and multiple counts of fraud. Investigators say the scheme involved duplicating payroll checks over several months, causing thousands [music] in losses. She was later sentenced to probation and ordered to pay restitution. >> [music] >> This footage is presented for educational purposes. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.