On June 9th, 2023, officers were called when a woman attempted to use another woman's ID to purchase a laptop from Best Buy. >> He's trying to walk out the exit doors. Hello, ma'am. >> Hi. >> How's it going? >> Good. >> Do you have an ID on you? They think you're using fractional identification. >> I don't have no ID on me. >> Thank you. >> Can we just move out of the way? >> Stand over here. >> Is there somebody with the car? Where'd you get this ID from? >> It has no me in that ID. >> Huh? >> That's not me. >> That's not you. >> No. >> Looks like you. >> That's not me. >> That looks like you. >> That is not That does not look like you. >> That looks like you. >> SUV. >> All right. What was she trying to purchase? >> I'm not going nowhere. I'm trying to move from the side. >> Yeah, you could move over here. Okay. You're not even the officer. >> I'm not talking to you. trying to get away from me. >> Uh computer 1,300 bucks. >> Mac, >> uh Windows this time. >> Windows. >> Yeah. >> The two other guys that came with her. >> I didn't come with that guy was asking me for my number actually. And I was trying to move. I don't know. >> I'm not talking to you. So the guy said two other >> There was one guy there following my number. >> Away from the entrance. Yeah, you're going to walk with my partner. >> You might talking to her over there. >> Yes. >> What's going on? >> No, he's saying that I was doing fraud with another guy. But I walked in, right? I'm sorry. The sun is in my face. >> Here, let me let's uh here, let's go over this way just so we don't get the sun in your eyes. >> While I was waiting for him, some guy came behind me. He was asking me for my social media, my number, and I'm like, "Uh, no. I have a boyfriend. Like, leave me alone." And he thinks I was with the guy doing fraud. >> Okay. All right. Uh, so you were just in here shopping, you're saying? >> Yeah, I was looking at um the laptops and I had asked him for a laptop, but that was about it. I didn't purchase nothing. I don't have nothing. >> Okay. Did you try to open a credit card? >> No, I didn't. >> You did not. >> No, he gave I asked for the information. He gave me all the information. >> Okay. Did you like provide an ID at that point? Like here's my credentials. >> No, >> you did not. >> No, I was going to try to purchase um a laptop depending on the price of it. Sure. >> And he just said okay. Mhm. He got the laptop, went back there, and never came back. >> Okay. And then when he >> What laptop are you looking to buy? >> Um he had is a surface water and another Yeah. >> Okay. Uh All right. Well, that's why we're here. So, we got to figure out what's going on and then barring whatever, >> like I said, we just got here, so I'm just trying to figure out what's going on. So, um what time did you get here? Do you know about >> 30 40 minutes ago? 10 20 minutes ago? >> It's 15. >> 6:55 now. Um, no. I don't even know. Maybe 10 minutes. >> 10 minutes. >> Yeah. >> What's your last name? >> Um, >> how do I spell that? >> What's your first name? >> Janette. J A N E T E. >> J A N E T E. >> Yes. >> Do you have a middle initial Janette? >> No. >> Um, I don't I don't know cuz I'm here for vacation. Um, >> no. Where are you from? >> I'm from New York originally. Yeah. Um, can I answer? Cuz I had um left the Uber and I didn't even I had like two addresses so he could take me back. >> You were the Uber? >> Yeah, but he left. So, >> okay. Yeah. Just let him know it's going to be a minute. >> All right. Give me one second. >> Okay. Just stay over here, though. >> Okay. Hello. Uber driver. Can you run a name deal, please? >> Because the Uber was calling me before we left. >> So you walked in trying to buy a laptop. >> I was asking for the price, right? And >> so they they came up to you. You're like, "You're interested in this laptop." The employee. >> Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. >> They went to the back. They never came back. >> Yeah. He went to the back >> and then you went to the line. >> What line? No, I was there the whole time of the register. >> Right over here. >> Yeah. Um I was asking where did he go um to the other employees and he said he was trying to get something from a printer to work or something like that and then when he came back I was about to walk out and then >> right before I was about to walk out he ran behind me >> and the officer came in. >> Okay. What about these guys? You said there were some guys >> No, they could check the camera. There was a guy I'm standing in one of these aisles and a guy came behind me asking me for my Instagram and cell phone number. It was a darkkinned guy and I told him, "No, I don't have." He'd be like, "So, you don't have social media?" I'm like, "No, I have a boyfriend." >> You said it was a darkkinned guy. >> Yeah. He had like braids. >> Dreads or braids? I don't know. And a hat. >> Did he have anything else like tattoos? >> No, I didn't notice. >> What was he wearing? >> I swear I I wasn't even trying to look at him cuz I didn't want no eye contact with him, but he was like literally right behind me. >> I was Oh, right where the TV is curved. That's where where I was standing and he came behind me asking me for my information. >> Okay. Do you have an ID on you? >> Uh, no I don't. >> You don't? >> We'll be right back. >> Okay, sounds good. Take your time. >> All right, we'll wait here and then my partner will come talk to you and then we'll get going from there. >> But you're saying you don't know this guy at all? >> At all. Okay. >> At all. Like if they check the camera, you could Well, I mean, I don't know if they could hear at least. >> Sure. >> They could hear him asking me for my number. >> But you're saying you kind of brushed him off, right? >> Yeah. I I tried not I turned around and I'm like, "Oh, no." He said, "Before you go back to the guy," cuz he was helping me. Then he left and he like, "Before you go to the other guy, can I have your phone number or your social media?" And I said, "No, that I didn't have >> that I didn't have social media and I couldn't give him my number." >> Okay. >> But I don't know him at all. >> Okay. How'd you get here today? >> In an Uber. >> You Uber? Okay. Are you staying low like in a hotel in the local area or >> Yeah. Well, I already checked out the hotel. >> Where were you staying? And um >> see where she lives >> tribe of New York, please. >> It was the um >> 29. We found one. >> Sorry, miss. Did you say no record in both? Yeah. No record. New York and Illinois. >> Okay. >> Are you out of New York? >> If I'm out of >> like Do you live in New York? That's where your driver's license is out. >> Yeah. >> Your government ID4. >> Okay. Cuz we're not getting anything back on that. Which means that you don't I never been a >> No, I'm talking about like your driver's license. >> Oh. >> So that means Yes. I've never been arrested or anything. >> No. >> Okay. >> When I was in middle school for fighting and stuff like that, but not >> Oh, that's that's nonsense. >> Yeah. >> How long you live in New York? >> Out of New York. >> Not out of Illinois, but New York. Just kind of clear. >> Okay. Thank you. All right. All right. Like I said, we'll wait for him to come over and then see what's going on here. >> Okay. >> I don't know if I missed it. Where did you say you were staying? >> I just check out. So, I'm not going to lie. I come here and work like at the strip clubs and stuff like that. >> Yeah. I know where >> I do that like sometimes in different states. Okay. You know, but >> were you staying in the city or were you staying on a suburb? >> What? Here? >> Yeah. Like were you staying in Chicago or were you staying in Chicago? like >> and then I just go like every time I work at a club, I go to to a next club the next day and stay at a near hotel one day or Airbnbs and stuff like that. >> Okay. All right. So, do you come for like extended like a couple weeks or just a couple days or >> No, this is my first time here in Chicago for that. >> Okay. All right. >> I prayed and it has sound. Right. >> Sure. >> Seriously? >> Yeah. I I don't know if they have like audio. I don't know how their cameras work here to be honest. >> I hope they do. So ju at least just so he could feel stupid because I I would understand but we definitely didn't know that we was together. >> Sure. >> But maybe cuz he saw him with his phone in his hand trying to talk to him. Maybe I don't know who was >> Yeah. You know how it goes when you're watching something from kind of a distance. You can't really tell what's going on. >> Yeah. >> Morning. You heading back to New York? >> I was just trying to make money to pay my freaking bills and then I didn't even have like flight or anything to leave. Yeah. >> No [ __ ] >> So going through a hard time and I have kids and bills and >> how many kids? >> Two. >> Two. >> Huh? >> This is Janette. Hey, what what brought you in today? >> So, I just came out here cuz like I was telling him, I dance at strip clubs and from city to city and then I came in. I'm not going to lie, I was trying to get a laptop, but I didn't even purchase anything. I didn't I didn't get anything. >> Okay. Well, did you give them anything up there? >> The ID. >> You gave him the ID and it's not you clearly. >> It's not me. It's someone that looks like me. >> Okay. What we're going to do is we have to place you under arrest for possession of fraud and ID. So, if you can transplant your back, >> okay? >> And I left my bag in the Uber, so I I don't know. >> Okay. I I'm sure one of our female nurses >> Can I text my mom and let her know? >> Oh, we'll let you we'll let you call at police department. Okay. >> Okay. This is too tight on this one. [snorts] I'll grab your bag. I got your bag. >> Let go your bag. >> Yeah. We're going to walk outside. >> I hope every night. Okay. Look over here. >> Does your mom live in Illinois? >> Do you currently live in Illinois? >> How long have you been in Illinois for? >> Two days. >> Two days. Do you have any pockets on you or anything or no? No pockets. Okay. >> Wait, what's the thing there? >> Yeah, it's just a seat belt. Yeah, it's just an adult. >> Oh my She was charged with identity theft. Do you think she was persuaded by someone else to try and make this purchase using someone else's ID? Let us know in the comment section below. And don't forget to like and >> Officers were contacted on June 9th, 2023 after a lady tried to buy a laptop from Best Buy using another woman's ID. 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And you were talking to her over there. What's going on for him? Some guy came up behind me and asked for my number and social media accounts. I said, "No, I have a boyfriend." And he said, "Leave me alone." Okay. So, you were just shopping in here and you said, "Yeah." I was looking at the laptops and I had asked them for a laptop, [music] but that was about it. I didn't buy anything. Don't have anything. Okay. [music] Did you try to open a credit card? No, I didn't. And you didn't know. He provided me all the information I asked for. [music] Did you then like to show identification at that time, such as here are my credentials? No, you didn't know. depending [music] on the price. I was going to try to get a laptop, but he just said, "Okay, I got the laptop back [music] there and never returned." Then when he arrived, what laptop are you planning to purchase? [music] He had a Surface Pro water and another. So, yeah. All right. That's why we're here. 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