miss this not does not look good for you I'm trying to get you to kind of help yourself in this situation what are you what are you guilty of specifically I'm kind of lost using she gave me it's not my ID I'm from Florida you know so it's a fake ID with the check with my name and told them the story that y told me to tell them and now I'm being arrested please you come with me nope please I beg you no she needs to use the bathroom she's not going pleas no she's not going you can wet your pants I don't care scammers think they can outsmart everyone until the moment their lies completely fall apart these con artists built their lives on Deception stealing from innocent people without remorse but when the truth caught up with them the downfall was brutal she got this check for just under $440,000 she deposited it Thea phone good morning3 1 73 this morning mind you this was done on the 30th right the 30th or the 31st 30th okay so like two days ago Monday which means the check probably is not going to clear in two days right so she goes to two ATMs deposits or withdraws $1,000 each she then goes to cimi branch and withdraws $20,000 she then comes here and is wanting to clear out the recipe count which is equivalent to what 177,000 17,000 and some probably some change they called the bank obviously because of a large amount of money to verify whether or not this check is legit they said no it's a fraudulent check they don't have a she is not their client um they said they had a a fraud from their business where whole bunch of checks were stolen or information they don't have a check that starts with that account number the they took the information from it looks like they so yeah so she it was good timing cuz as you guys were coming in she was trying to leave so I kind of explained to her like man you know hey don't leave just yet like she's like well I've been here in a hot minute I understand that but just understand that you're trying to withraw a large of money and usually people call ahead of time so they're trying to gather whatever they need kind of bought us some time um and told her like hey just hang out for a few more minutes while I'm try to figure it out I was like I'm here because one I'm working for the bank but two it's a large amount of money so we just want to that obviously nothing happens so but yeah they called but as you can see the memo says settlement proceeds but the top says payroll checking so that's kind of what Drew their attention like is this payroll or is this a settlement a woman named Aisha Adams attempted a large Bank withdrawal raising suspicion from the teller and an on-site officer under us law such actions can lead to Serious legal consequences but when they called and verified please please please this is a fraudulent check we don't have a check that starts in this in this check sequence um that's the business that said that so they called they called the business business and they talked to somebody and that's how they found out like hey this check doesn't exist it's it's a fraud so she's she seems pretty calm but I think she's starting to get a little nervous okay um she was trying to leave the the primary will be here in a minute so we'll just make sure she doesn't go I yeah I was literally just typing reports I know I was actually going to the that's my job that's $177,000 I'm not losing my job over I'm sorry um have we contacted the owner of the check and see if they want that's she said that if we do we can she gave me her email she's the manager of the law firm and she said we get a report and everything we can also forward it to them so they can right but do they do they want to prosecute yes I asked them yeah yeah so as long as we have contact information all that yeah I'll got you and I can call her again and get everything from her um we'll get you started on a statement in the meantime just to kind of have you told us yeah that get that so I was like I was like Excuse Me Miss she been oh god there a whole bunch of you guys another officer in the back waiting for yall too oh yeah F you okay great please do we know who she is yes ma'am hey what's [Music] up we're just we're just detaining you right now you know n us just detaining you until we have more information okay this is all your I got are you done with it yeah yeah oh awesome thank you she's on the way so you're not going to beai long so I'll the like I said I'll tell you where I'll loosen it up can I my stuff out of here out of here no not right now I'm praying I got to go to my appointment I yeah there's not I can't give you anything out of here right now because there's kind of an investigation going you said wait for the detective I'm not arrest you want me to close so you can put the out put the AC and everything you can't right here is that it's it's hot it's hot we have when the doors closed the Air Conditional keep it's hot we can't if you leave the door open it's just all yeah it's all going to come up let me put this first they're just doing doing some checking on some stuff are you in another car are you in another car me yeah but I got to to my appointment okay what does she have of yours you need for an appointment have to take a no you can't you can't take anything right now cuz all she need was her her car and her phone right this is her purse we can't let anything go of that right now no it's not hers that's my purse that's your purse yes that's just her ID and her why is she carrying your purse CU I supposed to go in there to open up but I was waiting you got to wait wait about 10 15 minutes for the detective about 10 15 minutes could be a little bit less they were on their way and they're they're just down the street so I'm detective Jackson I work with the financial crie okay before I speak to you today I'm just going to read you um because you're detained and by law we have to read you your constitutional rights okay all right you have the right to I'm sorry can you uh sure give me a minute okay there was an active transfer that's trying to go through to see so there was a transfer for $5 for zel to see if it was going through um and then another transer was coming so I don't know if somebody else may ACC to right um okay I'm going to read you your uh your rights you have the right to remain silent do you understand okay and you need a verbal yes no okay awesome anything you say may be used against you in court do you understand yes okay have you you have the right to talk to a lawyer before and during questioning do you understand yes do if you cannot afford a lawyer and want one will one will be provided for you before questioning without charge do you understand yes has anyone threaten you or promise you anything to get you to talk to me okay um I understand your name is Aisha okay and can you st your date of birth for me please right so obviously we're here at Navy Federal crit Union tell me how did you get involved into this whole scheme I was in a wck someone walked up to me they seen what happened they're like oh we seen what happened I'm a lawyer and I can help you get um you know right conversation cuz if you try to go through the provider it's going to you're not going to get that much so I was like okay I trust you he didn't seem like anything and I'm in handcuffs now so I'm little worried how long ago was this um about December right before Christmas okay took a little trip so from my understanding you got into to car accident when was this the car accident was about right before Christmas um in December I have to look at my calendar I'll say at least four or five days before Christmas and he said he saw it he's the lawyer and he can help me get P did he give you a business card or name just his name what was his name but not a business card okay you remember the name it was like a John John okay and how would you describe this very sweet um I think an American um about middle age dress real nice okay uh where was this crash take place Street huh I don't know the street name cuz I'm not from there I'm from North Carolina originally okay do you live here in Florida mhm I've been here about 5 years what part here Orlando right down the street okay so where did where did your crash occur maybe not the road but what city it was in I don't know the city I just know it was Michigan I just really don't know the city I was using ways okay did you have a police report what about pulled up and was saying that he could could get it done even you know that he saw verbal witness he's like my Lord I I saw so what happened at the time with the accident M I was going straight I had the right away it was a green light the car turned and hit me um in my Chevy to 2015 Chevy it hit me from the left side and I was like oh my back hurts my neck hurts he's like that's perfect that's all we need and he's going to do all the communication everything for me I didn't have to do anything like he made it seem like I was trusting him to get me you know finances for my injury and you trusted him I did did you give him your information what information did you provide I gave him he needed my social my name my date of birth my address and um he asked me if I had a Navy Federal and for the account number and I I did provide that to why did he ask you that I thought him as a lawyer he just needed it okay how long you been a member with Navy Federal Credit uh since 2019 M 18 19 how many accounts would you say you have uh two debits and I have a credit a secur credit card and I have a savings M okay what do you do for a living I work at Progressive on a customer service rep Progressive Insurance okay so you typically know how accidents work I don't do claims you don't do claims I just help them get a policy or change coverages and take pay okay um about roughly how much you make there I make $21 an hour about 16 every two weeks okay 16 17 every two weeks mhm how long you been with Progressive uh for year and some change year and a half okay so tell me what happened today like what what have you been doing today oh today I picked up my niece um we were going to get some she had an appointment and she needed to get her we're having a fraternity photo shoot Thursday so John Lon created your account that's who met me and he has access to your account how I gave him the information what information did you give him everything he asked for but he didn't dep positive check into your account why why would he he has access to your account why would he mail it if he can just deposit it into your account if he has access that doesn't make sense does it my account was um closed and two more open because someone logged into it so guessing that's why he decided to send the check out Miss Adam this not does not look good for you I'm trying to get you to kind of help yourself in this situation we have access to a lot of things and what you're telling me just don't ma match up this account that you have you opened it just a few days ago cuz my other one got closed because of the login someone logged into my account from a fraud device did record did you record it on the phone and they gave me those two new account why was it recorded for fraud my activity the device that signed on to my phone was a fraud device that's what the me on the phone she said it was a it was blocked as a f device so they had to close my to accounts down giv me two new account numbers but it kept the same debit cards and what do you use this account for mostly when I'm doing like promotions stuff like that what do you promote uh clothes I do on Tik Tok mhm and then when I get paid from that that goes into that account that's usually all I use name Federal for do you make pretty good money from that was that the accounts you were using that you Clos that money was going into those accounts okay and how long were you doing the promoting for the close two years now two years okay is that all you want to say to me [Music] today I get with the officer and then we'll let you know what goes from here she was charged under bank fraud and identity fraud also she faced severe penalties but cooperated revealing others involved in exchange she received 5 years of probation likely fearing a harsher sentence so the lady behind me yeah supposedly is trying to open up a get a new apartment here using the victim's name who is overseas in the military right now no way I believe you spoke with the other officer about yes her some papay for yep so that's going to be right here here's her money orders she was supposed to move in yesterday and then uh I guess push it off because she figured management wouldn't be here today and whatnot but is she going to be taken more than yes there's a separate officer in charge here but yeah what's going on today um my uh my friend needed uh I don't know what's going on really I'm just doing her D to work coming in and getting getting her ke getting some keys for who's your friend um Alysa Alissa uh free free free Bell for Bell what do you mean you're doing her dirty work what does that mean um she just asked me can I come get some peys for um TOA no problem put my face on you know come do it for I didn't think it was an issue but yeah it is are you saying the solicit person is want to Pi you up to this is that say I can't even you know my kids involved and he didn't know you know I'm saying what's going on and this U-Haul right here this is at this isn't mine this is my cousin's U-Haul I used his U-Haul because I was with him in his car but he went to his new job today at BG this morning but he left and I wanted to you know come grab the cas FR so I just took his you grab my son who was supposed to be dropping him off to Jamestown when she just came out she fell her son whoever it's like you'll be okay you don't you don't know what's going on but you'll be fine a leasing office caught a fraudster posing as a deployed Soldier after a credit check raised red flags under identity fraud they lured her to sign papers but instead of a lease she got arrested that that's kind of the way a lot of those financial go not aggressive from want to get a did you submit an application she did she did well not any other information I just went you know just okay is there a reason why there's a Georgia ID with your case on it that was sub minute to actually I'm going be honest with you um she asked me can I send her a a picture of me so I'm thinking you know she know my name you know T but when she said picture I'm like okay well maybe they just need it that's when she gave me the driver's license with my face and I say wait how my face got on who is this you know and I asked I say how my face get on the ID and she said oh um what she tell me she was like don't B don't worry about it you good you in good hands I said yeah but who who is this like who is the actual I said o and I told her I said I was scared and she was like ain't nothing to be scared about and I said well I ain't want to but I seen she a boyfriend with her and I know her boyfriend do the most she scared of I'm scared of I've always been for years so I just was like well he was standing right there so I didn't want to do it and I told her I said I didn't feel comfortable and she was just like bab you all you got to do is just go pick up the keys I said yeah but who is this that I got to be that you put you know why you put my picture on the ID and that's when she was like oh um they just do it you in good hands and stuff so I was like all right so there's an officer in charge here speaking with your mom that's Mom right that's your mom right yeah so they're speaking with turn now they'll kind of explain everything that's going on I'm guessing you're kind of unaware again you're not nro man I'm just kind of trying to figure out where your mind's at I had gave her my number um told her to call me she did call me but she told me um she was like she was in the process of trying to find somewhere to stay just you know her whole little background trying to see me in Alysa how do you start it um a l i SS a does she have a middle name you know what's her last name um I think it's I if it's not free men it may be free B free bull free bull that's social St do you know her birthday um oh okay um I thought maybe October don't make me lie I remember I know it's October uh she was always like 2 3 years older than me I'm I'll be 34 wait a minute I think she's about to be 36 do you have like an estimate for the day when she was B I don't I won't I I Lord Jesus forgive me God knows any one I met through somebody um she was cool years ago met through somebody she was cool got a couple of times with her um didn't see her hey can you um still needed to go to uh you need I'mma tell you I had met with uh my friend Alissa yesterday and well more of story I'm put you in cuz my business but here we go um this come to the trunk of the car is a car I did but I didn't know what it was exact from uh more Story one of the home girls um might be too old right now to remember her one story she called me she hit me up um got in contact with me said she needed to move in um she was get in the process of moving whatever whatever more little story she was getting ready to move in she said if I need you are you able to go pick up some feed with me so I'm like yeah you know what I got to do and she was like nothing I'll let you know you know I'm just waiting to see if I'm approved or not whatever the case is my auntie was going to help me get the place or something she so one little story I ain't hear from her no more up until uh yesterday and she just uh and I spoke with her on Cathy but more before that right before that uh about 2 days before two days ago more little story she asked me to send her a picture of me and I was like um okay you can't go on my Facebook you know and get a picture she was like no um send me a picture of you I need it real quick so I'm thinking what the hell you know she was like you know this apartment so crazy they be wanting three times a rent they want you to do the M or whatever I told him that somebody else was going to pick up my keys um can you send me a picture so I was like yeah I'll see your picture of me um I sent it to her and I said can you see me good and she was like oh yeah that's all I had needed for you I was like okay I said well did you get approved for the apartment she was like I think I did but I still got to speak to the office more story that was it don't don't judge me I I try to encourage y'all motivate y'all to do what's best but hear me out more little story um I met with my friend yesterday when I met with her um so the whole time when she asked me for the picture two days prior of yesterday when I seen her yesterday and met with her she had a boyfriend with her she gave me an ID when she gave me the ID my face was on the ID and she was like you just got to pick up keys I was like to pick up the keys they couldn't just let me the she was like um no you just be her going there and get the keys so at that point that's when I became guilty of anything that had trans Frid today what are you what are you guilty of specifically I'm kind of lost using she gave me it's not my ID I'm from Florida you know so it's a fake ID yeah hell yeah that ain't me you know what I'm saying I'm not her I don't even know I have no information on the person I don't know the person no nothing more of the sort I knew right in and there that's where when I agreed to take it from her and said okay I go you know pick it up she gave me um two money orders and what she say I got to be there by 10:00 so to pick up the keys whenever so you did do paperwork in the leasing office I just um signed signed the name and then did you give them an ID when you were you didn't give them ask for no so it seems like we're all on the same feature identity theft is is a serious crime that has major ramifications to I know I do know right being in possession of a of a fake ID is illegal correct and that's why I I appreciate your honesty here but and I I knew I up when I had seen it yesterday and took it from her so I have to take full responsibility of that well you are under arrest today so put your hands behind the back um can I can I um before I have my food ST card for my children I got a few stuff in my purse you saying you want them to have it yeah you you'll be able to bring it first no I want to be able to give them oh give them so yes cuz I I jumped up I still got my kids and stuff to see at Grandma house um she was charged for possession of a forged driver's license along with two counts of uttering forged bills checks drafts or notes who is Maris to you it's a friend of mine I about to be evicted with my two kids and he told me he would help me with my rent and that basically I just have to go in cash this check and that would help me with my rent how well you know I R for a couple months is your only job serving I'm not getting I'm working two days a week not enough you knew this was a fraud you want check I just knew that they were biing me a check that you knew was fraud you went I don't know I I don't know where they got it you showed up here in Scrubs with a stethoscope and your only job is a server you knew what you were doing no I just did what they told me to do okay all I did was get in the car and I was just expecting to he picked you up from work my house what from my apartment he picked you up from your apartment yes and y'all drove all in the land I just thought well I will tell you that this is the third check that has been cashed against this account today in his account in this account off of this account that's why it it triggered to he hit so many other so he probably hit another T thir TD Bank he had third TD Bank all right it's not me am I going to be arrested most likely you can't come in here and cash a frog check I know but it's not me and then you admit it to it I mean I'm just going to tell the truth that way I'm not going in honey honey you walked in here and told me that you did work as a nurse for these people you know that this is a fraudulent check there has been a ring of these fraudulent checks going around of these savings bonds copy thank you I'm sorry I didn't I'm no you good um so and we actually just got some the other day so everyone knew the feel of the check the writing on the check so the teller told me right away that's when I called you mhm we had him sit down he went to go leave he drove away with him standing out there I guess he drove past him okay and then when I came back in the teller called me up and asked me to come look at the check that she just had and then she's saying that the person that dropped her off here left her the same person what car was he driving a Buick it was the I think it was a Buick that's what looked like it was like a burnt orange kind of carette orange car was it like a SUV sedan or was it like a like a hatchback okay do you know like did it look newer or old sorry she said SUV yeah SUV newer older newer older probably newer cuz the screen was all like touch screen inside so honest and truthful and giving you the information from the source is not going to help me at all like I'm still going to like I in record it might help you but I can't won't help me now and she's confident an matter about my boyfriend no not your boyfriend so no matter what I'm getting listed today most likely call him is she telling us who the person at one it's it's a guy that she met a couple months ago and was giving her a ride hello hello are you good like you're not theend the police AR here everything is good I tell you right now frauds are not my strong suit so I am doing my best so because you guys have me come in here and do this fraudulent now I'm going to jail deputies rolled up just in time to see a man try to cash two fake $1,000 checks only for him to pull a Houdini and speed off meanwhile his partner in crime walked in trying to cash a $3,390 check but instead of cash she got a free interrogation session under bank fraud talk about bad timing so you can't leave I cannot leave so who are you in office with right now the officer so something you didn't have knowled how because that yall put me in with the check with my name and told them the story that y told me to tell them and now I'm being arrested can't just come I can't just come near myself it doesn't matter yes I need you to come I don't know how I'm supposed to do it I'm not even over there what am I supposed to do tell him you going to jail if he don't show up cuz of his frent check I'm going either way yeah both yall can go you want to go for all of it no Okay then if you don't come here I'm going to do for you I'm coming back ask him how far out he is how far are you I'm literally nowhere near that I got all well how far everything Sayed let me know go if you told me you were detained I would have stayed and we would have just switched places but you didn't tell me you were detained or arrested so I didn't do anything about that because you told me you weren't detained or arrested if you told me you were detained or arrested it would have made more sense I have no knowledge of what's going on right now this is all tell them tell them you going to jail so you better come back well I'm going to jail for you're you're a CH so can you please come back how far are you how far are you I don't have GPS right now I just got out of there so how an estimate or [Applause] something somebody to Pi up children hey Grandma I'm being arrested right now I need you to pick the boys up for me today I'm being arrested I need you to pick the boys up for me because stupid try I try I was trying to get the money to pay my rent and I went to the bank with a check that wasn't that wasn't good and I didn't steal anybody's money I was given a check by this guy that I know and it's not a real check so I'm being arrested for fraud for fraud I'm all the way in land and I need you to get the bo today from school for me let me ask you this would you be willing to write a SW written statement about what happened about this is this guy that you met two months ago that he picked you up today that he took you to The Scrub Shop that he took you to these banks that he told you to put the scrubs on told you you know everything that you're telling us would you be willing to put it in writing on paper and I'm still in trouble well yes I I don't have the ability to make colonies go away okay but what I can tell you is is that this a help you in court it cooperating suspects that's what I've been trying to do the whole time I no and I appreciate that so all I'm asking you if you'll put it in writing that's all I'm asking I'm not making you any promises that it'll lessen you're not you're not lessening any trouble you're in today okay it's just for the future right for when this goes to trial do you look like a accomplice to a Master scheme or do you look like a girl who's trying to pay her bills so her kids don't be homeless you know what I'm saying that's what do you want to look like what picture do you want painted of you for the jury the truth the truth right so will you write the truth for us and swear to it yeah thank you let me go get a statement for him we can get you more water at the police department okay all right I'm going put the I'm going put them in front cuz we're going to be sitting in the car for a while all right okay and you're being cool with this so yeah you have I don't do this to most people I'm just trying to be as I'm I'm not lying about anything I'm just trying to be us and we understand that we and we appreciate it you just got caught up in an unfortunate situation okay that they left you on I know s just here turn your wrist to face kind of there you go all right we're going to walk you out and try to get you in there quickly so that way it's not embarrassing okay you don't have anything in your pockets right okay we're going to have someone check whenever we get back to the police station but we're just going to get you in the car real quick okay hello thank you she was charged with fraud uttering a false check so have a seat you're being detained right now we're investigating a crime and we believe that you and your husband or your partner just committed okay yes up yep so you're not free to go please can I go to the toilet please no you're staying right here no you come with me no you're staying right here please I beg you 91 354 a couple tried a classic distraction scam he caused a scene while she cashed a fake check she got caught but he sped off before cops could grab his plates too bad under 18 USC 344 bank fraud and 18 USC section 1029 fraudulent use of access devices such teamwork isn't rewarded so what's your real name Jessica Jessica okay you know lying to the police is a crime I'm no lying yes you are lying because there's no record on that name you are are lying no I'm no lying yes you're lying you want to give me your real name or do you want to get charged with giving an officer fake identification information this one is my name it's not your name it's my name I swear it's my name you have another uh ID in there um can you work on building PC for the the money switch we're going to need a fe please can I go to rest please you call with me nope please I beg you no she needs to use a bathroom she's not going please no she's not going you can wet your pants I don't care um Denise I'm swapping out with you so here's what's going to happen you can either give me your correct name right now or I'm going to get you fingerprinted I'm going to get you fingerprinted and then when your real name comes up you're going to chared with the crime for lying to the police okay so you have one more chance she's the that saw the switch MH so tell me what happened as far from your perspective uh I was walking to the bathroom and she asked she asked me where the you can talk louder she asked me where the electronics was at yeah I told her it was across so I went to the bathroom when I came back and she was still there and then Cole was talking to her at first and then she asked me like if we had a tablet and some watches and stuff so I grabbed them and I a tablet and what some watches and go and the GoPros okay Apple watches yeah okay and you grabbed those for her how many two apple watches two tablets and then it was like three pairs of headphones okay you gave those to her what happened uh I set them down below the counter and then I rung them up and then she gave me the money or she counted the money uh th000 at first and I counted it back and I let it down on the table then she did it two more times for 3,000 and then she gave me another 300 after that and I put them in the in the machine to check if they're real and then uh I put the just put all of it in the tail okay so she counted 3,000 did you count 3,000 back to her yeah every single time yeah and then she gave 300 after that what's that mean or you mean you counted 3,000 1,000 three separate times yeah then she laid three more hundred 300 more on that yeah okay and you counted that back to her so you stuck $3,300 in the till yeah okay that's what I thought yeah at what point was all of that money laying out there and you not watching it when I was putting it in the machine to test it okay well how many did you test uh like four or five okay or can you find on your camera that while he's testing it while you're testing the four or five um you have your back to it nobody else is watching $3,000 correct no okay um when did she start dealing with Rosa the other cashier and when did the other items come into play um I'm pretty I don't your transaction had already taken place right yeah it wasn't Rosa it was Cole Cole okay but Rosa was there and she saw kind of this going on when she was paying you is that when Rosa was there uh she got there like at the end okay I think they said that it had happened before so you're under arrest for f of $3,000 give or take we'll get it the exact number figured out but um that's what's going on do you understand your rights that I read to you yes or no nothing huh I'm to nothing okay so still waiting for three more fingerprints to come back but so far like the 10 I took just now nothing I did a little digging on links just cuz I'm curious um she was cited back in May in being in California or something like that for doing the same thing and it mentions in the very vague report that her New York ID is fraudulent with the same ID numbers that you guys Ran So she has a physical copy it sounds like it's fraudulent but I don't see anything about like what her actual name of date of birth is okay so apparently she's done this before this was back in May of this year they're part of a huge uh theft ring and um you should see the data that Walmart has on them I mean they're hitting yall's Walmart too they're hitting every Walmart pretty much but all over the US it's like millions of dollars they're they're Romanian um gang or whatever not gang but they're they're basically the modern Romanian um anyway but they're they're all yeah Mafia type stuff and they're all like family and it's not just in Washington it's around the it's the whole us that's why she puts it in different Stacks yes a because he counted the first stack yeah okay one so he's counting it and he's fake checking them he only checks three of them okay and he assumes the rest are okay okay so he takes the second ah why didn't he put it in the register that's what he should at least put Out Of Reach right he did well with the merchandise you stuck it down there yeah yeah she's got it ready as soon as you know it's kind of like gambling he's not going to count one of them she's got that much money it must be real third fourth so this is to take it all back mhm why is he not seeing anything at this point I don't know okay so she has all the cash now so you might want to do note uh that exact moment in the time yeah see oh I see I see what I see what's happening so she counts out okay the total is let's say it's uh 3500 bucks counts it out right 1,000 2,000 3,000 500 so while he's messing around he puts the money right here she grabs all the money together assuming she he counted it then she she SL SL SL of hands yes the money off of the off of the thing and then gives the rest back to him correct minus approximately whatever yes and assuming he won't count it again and most of them don't brand new that's what they yes there's times to walk around in the store looking for new Associates if they don't see any they'll just walk out oh okay I got it the woman was booked for second degree theft and linked to a $140,000 retail scam across California and Nevada her real identity remains unknown officers advised Walmart to monitor a cashier though no evidence links them to the crime