Earlier this week, members of the Tampa Police Fugitive Apprehension Team arrested seven individuals on fraud charges. Each suspect is also facing additional charges.<\/p>\n
Forty-nine people were arrested in September, following a yearlong investigation by several local and federal agencies. These arrests are a continuation of the initial investigation.<\/p>\n
Police said that during interviews after the suspects were arrested, several said they were going to take part in their own stimulus program.<\/p>\n
So far, Ms. Wilma Lee Gallagher<\/strong>, who turned 70 years old on December 6th, is the oldest person arrested in the investigation. Ms. Gallagher was charged with one count of uttering a forged instrument. She was taken into custody after she attempted to cash a Green Dot check at an Amscot facility using a fraudulent power of attorney, police said.<\/p>\n After arresting Ms. Briana Latisha Keaton<\/strong> police allegedly seized a ledger that contained more than 100 names. She is facing charges of credit card fraud and criminal use of personal information. Ms. Keaton<\/strong>, 22, is alleged to have used the information of a 92-year-old Alzheimer\u2019s patient in a nursing home to pay off a 50-inch flat screen television, washer and dryer.<\/p>\n Ms. Endrica Michell Simpson<\/strong>, 37, was charged with the criminal use of personal information. Police reportedly found a Green Dot card with several U. S. Treasury refunds on the card. The search took place after a traffic stop revealed that Ms. Simpson<\/strong> was driving on a suspended license, police said.\u00a0<\/strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n Police said the image of Rashad Ahmeir Cortez<\/strong>, 24, was captured on camera as he allegedly used a Green Dot card. Cortez<\/strong> allegedly attempted to hide the card in his shoe as police searched his vehicle during a traffic stop. The victim lives in Ohio. Cortez<\/strong> was charged with criminal use of personal information.[private]<\/strong><\/p>\n Travis Rennard Johnson<\/strong>, 23, was arrested and charged with credit card fraud and criminal use of personal information. Johnson<\/strong> is alleged to have used a Green Dot card in a jewelry store at University Square Mall.<\/p>\n Police said the victim does not know Johnson<\/strong> and is an 82-year-old resident of Illinois.<\/p>\n Ms. Alonia Shameka Anderson<\/strong>, 35, is facing five counts of identity theft, scheme to defraud, and credit card fraud.<\/p>\n Police said that during a traffic stop, the officers smelled marijuana and searched the vehicle. During the search, they allegedly discovered a Green Dot card in another person\u2019s name.<\/p>\n Police learned that the victim, who has no ties to Tampa, is currently in prison.<\/p>\n A warrant has been issued for the arrest of 39-year-old Darryl Deon Smith<\/strong> on charges of credit card fraud and criminal use of personal information. He is alleged to have used a Green Dot card in someone else\u2019s name to purchase a money order.[\/private]<\/strong><\/p>\n ***Look for full story in Friday’s Sentinel***<\/strong><\/p>\n Pictured: Top, l-r-Wilma Lee Gallager, Briana Michell Simpson, Endrica Simpson & Rashad Cortez<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Earlier this week, members of the Tampa Police Fugitive Apprehension Team arrested seven individuals on fraud charges. Each suspect is also facing additional charges. Forty-nine people were arrested in September, following a yearlong investigation by several local and federal agencies. These arrests are a continuation of the initial investigation. Police said that during interviews after […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":210,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/210"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11878\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}