Police Looking for Woman Who Forged Dead Woman’s Checks
Anticula Roxanne Hughley is on the run after being found using the checks of a dead woman. No one is sure how she got access to the dead woman’s personal belongings but I”ll assume that may be why she’s on the run.
From WISTV.com:
The West Columbia Police Department is seeking information on the whereabouts of a woman who is wanted for three counts of forgery. According to Chief Dennis Tyndall, warrants have been issued for 22-year-old Anticula Roxanne Hughley. Hughey’s last known address was in Greenville, S.C., but she is believed to be living in the Columbia area.
Tyndall said that Hughey wrote three checks on the account of a deceased 87-year-old woman. The woman, Candida Datnoff, had lived at the Jenni-Lynn retirement community located at 915 Hook Avenue in West Columbia until her death in April of 2010. Tyndall is unsure of how the suspect came into possession of Ms. Datnoff’s checks.
Police are asking that anyone with information concerning this case contact the West Columbia Police Department at 803-794-0721.
Anyone with additional information on the suspect or the crime is asked to call 888-CRIME-SC or go to www.sccrimestoppers.com to receive a cash reward for information leading to the conviction of the suspect.
I’m sure some of her friends in the area may know where she’s off to. Times are tight and there are harder ways to make a living than dropping dime.
Mauldin Woman Arrested in Botched Butt Implant Procedure
Michelle Madrid Roca, who owns the oddly named Coconuk Boutique, was selling more than clothing and jewelry to her clientele. Apparently the 35-year-old was selling cut rate medical procedures performed in at least one case by a Colombian doctor she flew in but who is not licensed to practice medicine here.
On Tuesday, March 10th a woman drove down from New Jersey to have said doctor inject botox in her butt. Or that’s the story Roca is claiming because now the woman is in a coma. Doctors said her symptoms looked suspiciously similar to someone who had a silicone implant rupture in them.
From Fox Carolina:
Michelle Madrid Roca, 35, has been charged with practicing medicine without a license.
Police said Roca owns the Coconuk Boutique, which she closed recently. They said Roca arranged an illegal cosmetic procedure at her shop with a Colombian doctor who is not licensed to practice in this country.
Detective Jason Peterson said the client had an injection March 10 and was eventually taken to Greenville Memorial Hospital and is in a coma.
Peterson said the woman was injected with what was supposed to be botox. He said doctors said her symptoms were similar to silicone implants ruptures. Her name was not released.
Police said the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation is also involved in the investigation because of other procedures that were performed without a license at the business.
I heard that Roca has specifically targeted Latin and Central American immigrants, legal and not so legal, who are either non-English speakers or are uncomfortable with American doctors for some reason.
It reminds me of a scam in Yonkers, NY I heard of before I moved here from the Bronx. People were opening notary businesses in Hispanic areas because many of the immigrants thought a notary was a lawyer. The crooks were then charging them lawyer fees for work they weren’t qualified to do. Illegals were especially targeted because they didn’t know English and had no recourse if they did manage to find out that in America a lawyer has to do more than pay $25 and pass a test.
Anyway, the victim is still in a coma and police think there have been multiple victims of Roca and her fraudulent medical practice. Ladies, I know Coco looks great, but I’m pretty sure she didn’t get her work done in the back of a closed down thrift shop located in a strip mall. Use a real doctor if you’re getting work done.
Chi-Coms Running Online Fake ID Ring?
11 local high school students are under arrest after federal authorities seized a package coming in from China that contained counterfeit South Carolina driver’s licenses. These high end fakes are indistinguishable from official documents which should raise suspicions:
Sgt. Jason Rampey said the licenses have real-looking holograms and a functioning magnetic strip, though all the information on the card is fake.
“The average person working in a bar, or a club, or even a law enforcement officer would be fooled by that,” Rampey said. He added that the false information would be flagged if the card was run through a police computer.
Police have not released the name of the company that created the licenses but said that the company’s website indicated that licenses from all 50 states are available.
Rampey said teens provided the fake information and a picture to the website along with $75 and the fake licenses would arrive in the mail.
Though the news is focusing on ring leader Frasier Mills who was ordering the IDs and reselling them at a profit the real issue here is that this facet of China’s counterfeiting industry is a literal security risk for our country. Hundreds of these IDs are thought to be floating around, which means felons may be using them to buy guns, illegals are using them to steal identities from Americans left to pay the bills and of course children are using them to prove they’re adults – which is probably not just a problem with underage drinking. Runaways being trafficked for sex can use these to avoid being taken into protective custody, or to get jobs in the sex industry.
The Chinese already cost American companies billions every year with their state sanctioned criminal enterprises, now they’re endangering out children.
Moron Loses $8,500 in Telephone Lottery Scam
Even though Greenville’s own Nigerian email scammer has been given two years in the slammer Greenville is still home of the con. Just recently a moron sent someone in Greenville $8,500 because that person told them they won a lottery. Over the phone. That they needed to pay thousands to before they could collect.
From the New City Patch:
Lured by the promise of a $350,000 payout, a New City woman has been scammed out of $8,500 by thieves who said they wanted to help her collect a sweepstakes prize she had won, according to Clarkstown police.
The woman, 58, was so convinced by her telephone conversations that she was getting the prize money that she sent the scammers three separate payments via West Union.
Clarkstown detectives are investigating the scam, which began when the woman received a phone call at home in February from a man claiming to be from the “Federal Trace Commission” saying he had discovered she had won a prize through the “Mutual Liberty Sweeps.”
Police said the woman was told she could claim her $350,000 prize by submitting a $3,500 processing fee. The woman sent the money via Western Union, but never received the prize.
The prize award, police said, seemed believable to the woman because she was given contact information and a tracking number for her prize. When the woman called to find out when she would be receiving her money, police said she then spoke with someone claiming to be with “Lloyds of America,” who said the woman would have to send another $3,500 because of a supposed problem with the first payment that was sent.
Police said the victim did send another $3,500 via Western Union. And, the women would go on to send another $1,500 when she was told by telephone that her payment was held up by “customs” and she needed to pay to have her prize released.
The Western Union payments went to Greenville, SC, police said. The victim contacted Clarkstown police about the scam on Friday.
This moron was the third person from that town who fell for this nonsense. What’s in the water there gullibility? If someones got a few hundred grand to hand out in prize money to people who never even entered a sweepstakes then I’m pretty sure they can mail you a check and cover the postage themselves.
Authorities Looking for Woman Using Stolen Credit Card in Our Area
A Virginia woman’s credit card number has been stolen and used to buy $500 in gift certificates in Newberry, but the number has now been used in Mauldin and Laurens. The victim still has her credit card so I assume this woman has a “cloned’ card. She drives a White car which there are pictures of on the WLTX report:
Newberry, SC (WLTX) — Officers are searching for a young woman they say took a “compromised” credit card and bought $500 in gift cards, gasoline and cigarettes.
Investigators with the Newberry Police Department are searching for the woman pictured in the attached surveillance images.
Officers say the woman bought $500 in gift cards from the Walmart in Newberry, then walked next door to convenience store Murphy USA, where she bought gas and a carton of Newport cigarettes.
Authorities say the card number was also used in Laurens and Mauldin, each in the Upstate.
Investigators say the female victim, who lives in Virginia, still has her credit card.
The suspect used a white car, also seen in the pictures, according to officers. Police believe the woman is acting alone.
If you see this woman let someone know and what ever you do don’t let her pay with a credit card. Call CrimeStoppers of the Midlands at 1-888-CRIME-SC.