Okay. So, as of now, you are being detained for an ongoing investigation, okay? I don't need you to contact anybody cuz I don't need nobody to pull up or nothing like that. So, let's not do that. Okay. So, lock your phone and you have no identification on you. Is this your ID, your legal ID? >> No. >> Okay. The check. Where is the check at? >> Which one? >> The check you're trying to cash. Give it to the officer. Is that your money? No other checks? Real name? Real date of birth? >> I didn't get no money, so how did I cash it? I didn't cash no check for you. >> On April 17th, 2025, a woman walked into a United States Post Office in Lyon County, Florida with a stolen Treasury check and a counterfeit ID. The real issue is not the fake ID. It is how a live Federal Alert Network shut down an entire multi-location fraud operation in real time. >> I don't need nobody to pull up or nothing like that. So, let's not do that. >> Okay. >> Okay. So, lock your phone and you have no identification on you. >> What's going on? >> You're being detained at this time. >> Why? >> For we're going to We have an investigation to investigate. Apparently, you cashed a check that does not belong to you. >> Who me? >> Yes, you. >> No. >> Okay. Well, that's what they're alleging. So, until we can further investigate, you're being detained. >> Okay. >> Okay. And you have no identification on you at at all. So, you didn't give them any identification? >> Uh-uh. >> No license, no nothing. >> Here's your ID, ma'am. >> Okay. So, where is it? >> In my purse. >> Okay. Can you get it? >> Don't you all don't have I'll put you in the back. I can get it out of my car. >> No, we can walk this way. Do you still have that identification that she gave you? >> I I can't get it back. >> No, you didn't give it back. >> Check and ID I just just gave it. >> You want to set your bag on the counter? Is this your ID, your legal ID? >> No. Okay. The check. Where is the check at? >> Which one? >> The check you're trying to cash, give it to the officer. >> Fake ID? Your real name? Real name? Real date of birth? And she has other people in the vehicle. I'm going to see what she keeps in the vehicle. >> Where'd you get this made? >> You said what? >> Where'd you get this made? >> Um >> You don't know? >> They already cashed it, so she already They already lost money. >> Are they already cashing? >> Mhm. >> What what what check did you cash? You didn't cash the check for me. >> No, we had another fraudulent check just before you got here. >> Does this have to do with me, though? >> No, we That wasn't regarding you. It was the same instance. It was the same ID, same everything. This ain't fake ID like yours. >> You said your name is Markia? You said you got a ride outside? Somebody out there waiting for you? You're going to empty your purse. >> Yes. >> Take your purse off. >> Um It's a group. I don't know if it's a group or if they didn't hit me. All of our post offices. So, he did sharing in the bank accounts. Um the people that was just here. No, we can't cash the checks we check without cash. So, two of them four, he said, "Here, I got 3,000. I want to buy three money orders." And then he says, "Oh, here. Cash this check." And the check That check was good. They stole it They stole it from somewhere, but the ID is linked to a man somewhere. >> You know that? >> Um Then we had another group to go to Quincy with Treasury. They just came from Quincy and told us and I got the email. And then I just we know now, so they came and got them cuz this stuff comes out of their check, so they said it's a tall, slender, black male with 12087 Treasury check. So, I think this one is for 15 something. >> Mhm. >> It's not their ID. You run the ID. This one that we ran earlier was to a man. >> Mhm. >> They're fake IDs. Um her ID goes to a man, too? >> Well, I'm not sure. >> When they ran it up See, that inspector ran it. >> Her name is totally different from the name she provided us. It's totally different. >> I heard her say that it was it wasn't her. I did hear her say that. >> Right. So, obviously she got an ID to match [music] the name on the check and attempt to cash the check. >> Which is what the other person did. >> Right. How How did y'all y'all just ran it and was like, "This is This is a male." >> Well, um Ryan, the inspector, he'll be here in a minute. He alerted us that someone was trying to cash this check for 2340. >> At a different location. >> And the postmaster was sitting in my seat. I'm just I'm the station manager. She has off by 10. And I stepped out to the window and I said, "Hey, don't cash this Don't cash the Treasury check." She said, "We just did." She um got caught into it. He said, "Here, here's 3,000. We buy some money orders." She put the 3,000 in her drawer. And then he said, "Oh, yeah, cash this check." She gave him that money right back cuz she didn't have enough to cash it cuz everybody uses debit cards. >> Mhm. >> Ryan, when he got here, he ran the ID that she provided and it came back as a male. >> When inspec- When Inspector Ryan of the United States Postal Inspection Service ran her identification, it came back registered to a male. Under Terry versus Ohio, law enforcement may detain someone on reasonable articulable suspicion alone, a bar well below probable cause. A mismatched ID on a stolen federal check clears that bar. Still, a defense attorney could argue the initial approach rested on an informal postal group text, not a sworn law enforcement source. That said, the moment that database return came back to a male, every procedural argument evaporated. What she was carrying next changes the legal picture entirely. >> The female that cashed the check. >> Right. So, >> they're making an ID to go with that check. >> Right. The the money from this check, did y'all provide it to her or y'all >> Oh, no. I didn't give her the check. She got the check. >> the the cash from the previous one, that was the one y'all were cash. >> Who cashed it? >> Okay. >> So, she intended to get this check cashed, however y'all caught it, so y'all didn't provide her any cash. I was just >> We had to hold her because the inspectors are at a different location from the earlier. >> Mhm. >> Uh their office is not too far. It's the next exit up. >> Mhm. >> Uh are you aware of who they are? >> The inspectors? >> Mhm. >> Um >> They're the federal agents for the post Well, they work for actually the They are the federal police force for They carry a badge and >> I I've never talked to one in person. I I've heard like they're >> real cool. >> definitely theft of mail and stuff and then >> Man, you don't want to When they show up, the file is this thick. >> Yeah. >> And I get them for um stealing my mail, stealing my gas cards. You know, it happens. >> Okay. >> That. That. So, that's her. So, the the original man or whatever, so, he said this person is the one who cashed earlier, this man, and this is his ID. >> Mhm. >> Also, she went to the federal office. Same date of birth, same picture, just a different name. And attempted to cash this check. But they didn't cash it. They didn't cash that one, but they did cash his. >> Okay. Yeah, that's what she was saying. >> But she does have a She has a second ID. Same picture, same date of birth, just a different name. >> Was that on on her property or >> I don't know if it's on her property. I didn't take it. >> Um >> But I Look at that ID I pulled out. This is the same information and this different name. >> You got that uh check? >> This one? >> Okay. >> Look what he just said on there. >> It is not signed. >> You want to see those pictures? >> Yeah, I don't know what I'm going to do with them yet. Um Where is Where is Where is she? She's right here. Uh yeah, the suspect's at the end looking in their little conference room. >> Okay. Well, like I said, I got her detained. >> Okay. >> Um And essentially what I told you, she came up here with a uh check, tried to cash it with a fake ID. It's not her. Um the name on the ID is It's not her real name. It's a fake name. >> Right. >> [snorts] >> But the name on the ID comes to the uh check holder. >> So it matches the check holder. >> Yeah, so her fake ID matches the name on that fake document. >> Right. >> No, it's a real It's probably a real document. >> But they created a fake ID. >> They created a fake ID to match that name on there. She's I think she's the same one that was at Centerville earlier today. >> Oh, wow. >> Um I sent um your deputy all the information that uh cuz I was there I missed her by like 10 minutes at Centerville, then I heard they went to Westside, then they came here. Well, the guy that was here did did cuz they shouldn't have done it. He converted the check for postal money orders. >> Mhm. >> And like I said, it's a team. Once I told you she had a large amount of money or cash on her. >> How she got it? >> Mhm. >> Well, she had a check. >> Yes, I was just close. >> Yeah, yeah. I appreciate you. Well, but you're 6:30, right? >> Yes, sir. This is I don't know if you informed you cuz I spoke with him first. Um same description from the earlier location, just a different name, same date of birth, just a different name on the license. Okay. Same picture as this one. >> Where did you get this from, from the other one? >> Mhm, from the other location. >> The only problem is >> Yeah, you can just see the picture and the date of birth. That's it. And the date of birth is the same, just a different name. >> Got you. Got you. >> And the different ticket as well. >> Okay. You've been arrested before? You're from Georgia? Florida? Louisiana? >> I live in Georgia, though. >> You live in Georgia? What's your Do you know your social? >> Mhm. >> You don't know your social? But that's your name? Okay. >> So, you would have a Lou- Louisiana ID? You have a Florida ID? Where do you live? In Florida. >> [music] >> What part of Georgia do you live in? I don't >> You said Albany? >> Atlanta. >> Oh, Atlanta. >> Hey, so what I can do is step in there with that and with the person is taking a look at what and you know, I will walk you in. You know the procedure? >> Yes. >> Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. I got you. So, I'm going to go in here. So, we stay off to the side. Thank you too. >> Like $9,000? >> I thought you said $72. >> Yeah. >> You're saying you want to remain silent, so I'm not going to love to talk if you want to talk, but if you want to remain silent, that's your choice. Can't do anything about that. I already know. >> Sometimes I guess I got to restart it or something. >> She said what? 5:00 or 5:02? She said 5:00. I get you on this Tuesday. That's Tuesday. I got her cell number. I got her number. I got her number. >> Okay. I got a lot of stuff. >> All right, so we're going to That's her phone, but not her cord. Okay, so we'll take the phone, but not the cord. I don't know if I'm taking his cord. >> Okay. >> All righty, man. Let's go. She's going to go out this way. I'm going to grab you with my arm so you don't fall. Thank you. So, I'm going to cover her now. You can bring that back to uh You got nothing on you? >> I need to finish drying. >> What do you got? >> I got >> Um just so you know, if you take anything in there, that's illegal. It's going to uh considered contraband and you'll be under arrest or charged. You understand that? >> Yes. >> Go ahead. You just sit >> Is it possible I can get a number so I can know who to call? >> On your phone? >> Yeah. >> I'm going to have my people call the office. Excuse me.