Fake Lawyer Exposed — Bank Fraud, Identity Theft and a Bodycam Arrest That Says It All

Added: 2026-05-26

[00:00:00]She's been coming into branches for the last few weeks taking money. She's not who she says she is. She's taking a lot of money from these people. She has an ID, it's clearly a fake ID. Um, I guess there's What's going on with your account? I don't know. That's what I'm trying to figure out.

[00:00:14]>> All right.

[00:00:15]Do you have your ID with you? She has it.

[00:00:18]>> [music] >> I was just going to turn it over to you.

[00:00:23]Okay. Um >> [music] >> He said you read He read you Miranda already. Do you understand all that?

[00:00:31]Um On April 6th, 2023, police rushed to a Citibank location in Delray Beach, Florida, after employees uncovered a woman using someone else's identity to steal more than $50,000 from different branches over several months.

[00:00:46]Bank investigators checked internal records and confirmed the real account owner had never entered the Delray Beach branch.

[00:00:54]Officers later contacted the real victim at a Miami police station, where she stated she had never met the suspect and had no idea how her personal information had been used.

[00:01:04]After reviewing statements, records, and transaction details, officers gathered enough evidence to move forward with the case.

[00:01:12]The woman was then arrested inside the bank lobby, where police were legally permitted to take her into custody without waiting for a warrant, because the evidence against her was already strong.

[00:01:25]Is he in there?

[00:01:27]Is my partner in there?

[00:01:29]Okay. Can I just give you a little bit of a history without her hearing me?

[00:01:32]>> Okay. She's been coming into branches for the last few weeks taking money.

[00:01:36]Yesterday, we got a call from back office. She's not who she says she is.

[00:01:39]They've already blocked the account. We confirmed with the client that this is not her. Okay. She's taking a lot of money from these people. She has an ID Can I press record for you for a second?

[00:01:51]>> Yeah, sure. All right. Um, I guess there's What's going on with your account? I don't know. That's what I'm trying to figure out.

[00:01:58]You have your ID with you? She has it.

[00:02:00]She has it? Yes. All right.

[00:02:03]Um What's your name?

[00:02:06]Grace? Yes, she has all my information.

[00:02:08]Yeah, let's go over to the counter.

[00:02:09]>> I was going to use the restroom. Um well, give me a second, all right?

[00:02:13]>> Okay, thank you.

[00:02:15]All right, let's just go to the counter here.

[00:02:19]All right.

[00:02:20]Um could you see that we get her ID?

[00:02:25]I guess there's some confusion about who you are.

[00:02:29]There shouldn't be.

[00:02:34]Okay.

[00:02:37]Yeah.

[00:02:38]Can I go outside? No, no, no, no. No.

[00:02:40]Here, have a seat right here for me.

[00:02:42]Here, have a seat here.

[00:02:45]Here, have a seat.

[00:02:47]All right.

[00:02:48]Now, who gave you this check?

[00:02:51]Um it's right here. Uh-huh.

[00:02:55]Okay.

[00:02:56]Um and what And what did they give you the check for? Um I'm a lawyer. Okay.

[00:03:01]All right.

[00:03:04]So, it's for uh services?

[00:03:06]>> Yes, sir.

[00:03:07]All right. And you live in Coral Gables right now?

[00:03:09]>> Yes, I have an Airbnb that I'm doing in Biscayne. Okay.

[00:03:13]So.

[00:03:15]All right.

[00:03:21]So, what does Laraza Enterprises do?

[00:03:25]It's um one of the um my my clients. Okay. Okay. What Like Like what kind of work do you What What What What business are they in?

[00:03:35]Um I'm not sure.

[00:03:38]Um It's my client. He wrote me the check.

[00:03:40]Okay.

[00:03:42]So, he's your client, but you don't know what business he's in?

[00:03:44]No, I'm sorry.

[00:03:47]Uh-huh.

[00:03:48]Is it a person or a actual business? No, it's a person. Okay.

[00:03:54]So, everything is Hello.

[00:04:16]Yeah.

[00:04:18]Yeah. I need to know what's going on.

[00:04:20]I just told your partner. So, she's been coming into two branches the last few weeks withdrawing money. We got an uh email from back office yesterday that this is not the client. So, so um so, this company they said did not issue her a check.

[00:04:35]>> actual person Uh-huh.

[00:04:37]does not This is not her. That's not her. We've got emails yesterday from back office that that person Uh-huh.

[00:04:45]>> has not came into a branch at all.

[00:04:47]Right.

[00:04:47]>> She lives in Coral Gables. That's where she does her banking. She does not come to Delray.

[00:04:52]>> So, so, she's not Correct.

[00:04:58]And uh we don't know who she is. That's correct.

[00:05:01]I have a client who needs a translator in the lobby. I'm not sure what she needs. She's sitting down.

[00:05:09]Say it again.

[00:05:12]Well, she she came in yesterday and immediately after I did the transaction, we received emails from the um the representative for the client cuz they're actually kind of a high-level Uh-huh.

[00:05:25]And um And this is Larosa and advised No. No, it's it's the exact same name as her.

[00:05:32]Um and there's also another signer on the account, so it's the two of them.

[00:05:36]Has nothing to do with any business at least on their personal accounts, but that's where she's transacting is the personal account. The account number is on there.

[00:05:43]>> she's This is a fake ID. It It's got to be cuz that's her. That is the address of the client, um but that's not her and she's also gone to the Boynton branch.

[00:05:54]Um and they we looked at their transactions, they never come up here.

[00:05:57]They're like Coral Gables.

[00:05:58]>> Right. Yeah.

[00:06:00]So, yeah, they confirmed that it's not she is not the client. She is not the client but and and and and there is a client named She is not her. Okay. Okay. She is not her. Oh, okay.

[00:06:13]I'm still confused. So, how do they know that who she is?

[00:06:17]>> They um they looked at their banking, their online banking and saw transactions that were not authorized by the client. So, they contacted us.

[00:06:25]>> being is No. No, the client is I don't know where this check came from. She's depositing it. Yesterday she deposited a check and made a withdrawal and that's so they saw on their online banking that um they saw on the online banking that they did not do the client did not do the transactions. So, they verified it's confirmed fraud. She is committing fraud. This woman did.

[00:06:48]>> And she's trying to deposit this?

[00:06:50]>> Trying to deposit. Yesterday she took cash back but that is not her. Okay.

[00:06:54]They confirmed it last night. We've been emailing back and forth since since like almost immediately after the transaction.

[00:07:01]What brought you up here?

[00:07:03]I have an Airbnb that I'm working on in Biscayne. Oh, nice. Biscayne?

[00:07:08]Mhm.

[00:07:09]It's far from here, isn't it?

[00:07:10]>> No, I'm in the Young Israel of Atlanta.

[00:07:11]Oh, not Biscayne. I was thinking Dena Biscayne.

[00:07:17]What do you drive?

[00:07:24]Um a Cadillac. A Cadillac?

[00:07:27]What color is it?

[00:07:29]White.

[00:07:39]I want Let me just check this in the car.

[00:07:42]Uh here's I'll be right back. Uh there's a white Cadillac she was in. All right.

[00:07:48]Where is the car at?

[00:07:52]We checked the white Cadillac here.

[00:08:02]Yeah. So I'm on the phone. This client is right now in a police station in Miami right now. This uh The actual lady is in a police station right now in Miami. Is that correct?

[00:08:14]>> Yeah well this is this is the actual woman.

[00:08:17]Yeah that's It's similar but not you know but not >> Definitely not. Mhm.

[00:08:23]Do you think I forgot to advise her of her rights?

[00:08:24]>> to them cuz I have them on the phone or does that not matter?

[00:08:27]>> No no it'll be good to speak to them.

[00:08:30]They're in the police department?

[00:08:32]>> She's in a police department in Miami.

[00:08:33]Um have have her speak to an officer to get a sworn statement.

[00:08:39]>> Sworn statement? Yeah a sworn statement of if possible on video if not paper is good.

[00:08:44]>> Perfect. Okay.

[00:08:55]All right I think we figured out what this is all about. All right I'm going to forward to warn you before you make any statements that you have the following constitutional rights. Okay?

[00:09:03]You have the right to remain silent and not answer any questions. Do you understand?

[00:09:09]You have the right to remain silent. Any statement you make must be freely and voluntarily given. Do you understand?

[00:09:14]Yes sir.

[00:09:16]You have the right to the presence and representation of a lawyer of your choice before you make any statements.

[00:09:20]Do you have any questions? Do you understand?

[00:09:25]All right I you said you're a lawyer so I guess all those rights don't apply.

[00:09:28]All right.

[00:09:29]I guess big question here.

[00:09:33]While I have your driver's license in hand what's your real name?

[00:09:37]That is none of your I'll speak to my attorney.

[00:09:42]All right.

[00:09:44]You can do that. Thank you. All right, I'm going to place you under arrest.

[00:09:47]Yes, sir. All right, if you could just step out of the car and step down. Yeah, no problem. Okay.

[00:09:54]Just going to turn it for you.

[00:09:55]That's all I was doing. I'm trying to be reasonable.

[00:09:58]>> All right, I'm just trying to make it comfortable for you.

[00:10:01]If you do it like you're praying, it's more comfortable.

[00:10:05]Let's grab this one.

[00:10:07]Should I put these things down first?

[00:10:11]All right, I'm placing you under arrest for fraud. Okay. All right, what we're going to do is I'm going to collect some information.

[00:10:17]Hang on there for a second while I get some of this supporting stuff. I guess you were here yesterday, you withdrew some money.

[00:10:25]Okay.

[00:10:26]I'm going to save that for my attorney.

[00:10:27]The woman decided not to speak with police and remain silent while officers attempted to question her about the investigation.

[00:10:35]She was later taken to the local jail where detectives plan to continue gathering details about the case and review the evidence connected to the reported fraud.

[00:10:45]Authorities also prepared for a formal interview as the investigation continued moving forward.

[00:10:52]I said I have to subpoena everything.

[00:10:54]So, we need a sworn statement, video, copies of the documents. The only thing I got is the check today. And and and I spoke to the actual victim who said she doesn't know who this woman is. She doesn't know how she got her information and she doesn't even know who this uh company is. Okay. But, she was trying to um deposit and basically yesterday she deposited um Except for you guys.

[00:11:23]Yesterday she deposited a $5,800 check from some company called Axio and she withdrew 4,000 immediately after. So, she stole 4,000 and today she was going to attempt to deposit that. We don't know how much she was going to withdraw.

[00:11:38]Okay. Okay? Did you read Miranda? Yeah.

[00:11:42]Okay.

[00:11:45]Okay. Um He said you read He read you Miranda already. Do you understand all that?

[00:11:52]Okay.

[00:11:53]>> Um would you like to speak with me for a few minutes? No, I spoke with my attorney. Okay. And you You said you did get the real her real name and everything?

[00:12:01]>> Mhm. Okay.

[00:12:04]Okay. Thank you. Detectives revealed that Citibank would not release full records without official legal documents and only turned over a copy of the check connected to the investigation.

[00:12:15]Officers later contacted the real victim who confirmed she had never met the suspect and had no relationship with the company connected to the suspicious transaction.

[00:12:25]Investigators discovered the woman had deposited a check worth $50,800 one day earlier and quickly removed $4,000 shortly after the money appeared in the account.

[00:12:37]Authorities believe she was preparing to make another transaction the next day, though the exact amount she planned to take was still unknown.

[00:12:45]After officers explained her legal rights, the woman confirmed she understood them but refused to answer questions and instead asked to speak with an attorney before the interview continued.