on April 12th 2024 Orlando police were called to a neighborhood in Orlando Florida about a group occupying a home without the owner's permission a representative from the real estate company explained that he saw the trespassers enter the property and remove the electronic lock from the door don't go away hello Hi how are you so what's going on that's our property mhm um let me show you real quick if you you go oops if you were to look on the pro Florida property appraisal this is what it will be listed as okay we own the home invitation home owns the property okay this home is supposed to be vacant the blinds are closed there is an African-American male in that house he out he opened the door he saw me and then he went ahead and got on his phone and then he closed the door behind him okay uh I don't know how many other people are in the home but we basically just need so we just need them ejected out of the home and have them trespassed arrested whatever we need to do what do do you guys want to prosecute absolutely okay um do you have a key for the residence in case it's locked uh well I do I can open uh no the lock is offline but I can drill that lock if need be but I know he's in there a safety issue so uh some concerns we may have to do is if he doesn't open the door we have to boot the door so I can't have you drill the lock just because issue all right I understand okay but I'm pretty sure that he may I mean if he doesn't open the door we can try the back door but again there was a lock box hanging on the door and he opened it up but it's we can't get that door open there's no unless he unplugged the Hub is what it is right it looks like the Hub is still online so he hasn't unplugged it yet but he did take the lock offline he may have taken it offline yeah I see I see it I see it from yeah I see it from here so it's not that it's been removed I can see the lock that's my B I'm sorry okay all right so what I'm going to have you do yeah what I'm going to have you do is I'm move your truck down over to where that blue vehicle is so you're out of the way of everything we need to do all right yes sir yep I'm to victims willing to press charges you just W me I got you [Applause] and give me two at the front door and then another one in the rear all right you ready come up police come on out come with your hands up come out now everybody out step out now let's go step out keep who else is inside keep walking keep walking Orlando Police come to the front now let see your hands see your hand put your hands up keep walking anybody else in there come out come out way up step out Hands in the Air Walk This Way is anybody else in there step out step out come on ask what's going on everything will be explained later stop stop don't move okay going who's got an extra set of cuffs don't move put this hand on top of your head never mind you're good yeah hold on I'll get them up all right take him I'm coming in while officers cleared the house they found an apparent lease inside and initially believe the two men and the woman might be victims of a rental scam looks like the lease was signed yesterday okay so um who's the owner of the property you said you guys is there a specific name on it by chance uh well under under the entity it would be listed as I H5 property Florida okay so it looks like somebody set up a f a fake uh lease and these people unfortunately fell victim to it yep so it was signed yesterday so that's even that's even more that's even more sad yeah yeah cuz I'm sure they they did bunny up front but okay all right um let me figure out what happened to the lock box I didn't see it in there so I'm going to see probably theage it probably yeah okay there would have been there when's the last time somebody was here well from you guys me a second [Music] here um well we closed this house meaning we finished getting it ready on the 9th uh that was 3 days ago so that was fast yeah okay and then so on the the 9th we finished the turn was completed on the 9th yeah so that was again 3 days ago that we had had people in here I mean like I said this hasn't been sitting forever with somebody else yeah no no 48 hours right and then this morning the activity on this home oops fine there they go so see how much they put down or so they're monthly is about 2475 uh looking for I'm guessing they just there's a landlord's list address is out of Texas yeah which I'm sure is fraudulent fraudulent anyway so they're probably sending money to some PO Box probably it's at the first part of the where's the first page this is what I grabbed so I'm not sure okay I'm assuming this is the first page get where the signatur are yeah even more this is nice I just had it here right there anything no it's electronically sign as well yeah no that's none of us it even says Innovation home on it that lady Anna Jones got a code at 4:00 in the morning to get into this home at 4 in the morning at 400 in the morning and they try several times to open the door I just can't get to the I just can't I can't get it to click is that a person that works for you all no that a realator no how would they get a access to a code then so you can go on invitationhomes.com yeah and you fill out the information and it provides you with a code that's good for an hour to go in and look at it to go in look at it and then you know blah blah blah and that person Anna Jones it's in the system I just can't get to it that's that's going to be an alias anyways yeah oh that's wild hold on are you still there yeah can you share your screen can you share your screen where you see that Anna Jones got a code to open this house and put it on I can't I can't get it out of smartbank Cu there's a stupid Help button usually you have to enter like a phone number or something for that what it's showing here is so we're we're working with our engineering this because can you see it okay Javier I can see it yes okay so we're working with our engineering team to tighten up cuz they should [Music] not3 a.m. um she accessed it again at 7:00 tonight 7:08 then again at 9:19 yeah so you can see that that person that's on that paper went in online and got a a thing and the code it's only like I said the code it's only valid for an hour yeah at 61 minutes the code dies so she has to go online and and and get another that's not that person doesn't exist though that that's a that's a fake that's a fake did you guys have internet in there any sort of spectrum or anything like that we do but it's this it it's not on we leave a box the box is there okay cuz there's two in there looks like so yeah so they probably got one from another home and then they went ahead and got uh the one that's in the house and then basically what happens is so let's say that you rent the home and you move in yeah so on day one you go to your CL the master closet you grab that box and then you make the appointment with Spectrum or if you're Savvy then you do it but the reason why it's not connected is because obviously you're putting your personal information on the Wi-Fi for you and your family absolutely and then everything all of our equipment the front door the thermostat and the ring doorbell goes all tied to your phone so you can see who comes in who gets out and you provide codes to your family and what happen Okay so that's we do that that is part of our deal that we have with Spectrum for our resident it's a it's an extremely low rate that you get that they can get yeah but my guess is that if they went to another one of our houses they grabb the two boxes and then were just going to go ahead and have them put in okay so we're going to obviously interview all these folks and see what their involvement is I I highly doubt obviously any of them is going to be Anna Jones but if they are then that would be really stupid but um um and we'll go from there okay so um if you would like to go in and inspect the home for any damages please do so I'll let me know if there's anything wrong it everything looks fine as far as I it looked like they were just getting ready to move in yeah honestly like everything minimal Furniture yeah so on their part so what I would like to do whether I whether if one of you will accompany inside we just walk to Home mhm I'm I'm obviously you clear it but I'll feel better if you're in with me sure we'll clear the home and then if you want to go ahead and provide uh I don't know what you guys are going to decide to do with them I want them all trespass okay and then they have exactly however long the last one of you before you leave that's how long they have to get their [ __ ] out of the house and get out okay it's that simple Yep they're leaving now if not sooner okay so let me move my van in here is there a vehicle in the driveway yes there there's one in the garage okay then I need that out too so I'm just going to park right here that's fine start doing my stuff and I'll be right back all right sounds good you have anything for me officer you have a question for me I think he's coming up to me yeah break bad news officers first spoke with the woman listed on the fake lease after reading her Miranda writs she agreed to talk but her story was full of gaps and raised immediate suspicions you have the right to talk to a lawyer before and during questioning do you if you cannot afford a lawyer and want one you will be provided one before questioning without charge you understand does anyone threaten you or promised you anything to get the do blackity vehicle gentl one is my boyfriend and the other is my by boyfriend's brother boyfriend boyfriend's brother okay how did you gain access to that house we had a code we had someone text us to code and we had given them 4,800 for somebody texted text you the coach yes it was to text me cuz I don't have a service phone right now mhm uh so I just sent him through the text me number and he gave me the code for it and we came in and he said you'll good to go and okay and I take it your the one that sign these yes [Music] okay signature right there yes it is could ask her okay so what would you say if we had evidence that shows that you access their system to gain a code at least four times what would you say about that yes we did do that because we kept on getting mared out from the code so we asked him they said go through the impation homs to get the code we can't get I think his name was like uh start with a the it's like an Indian accent guy we never met him okay did you think that was suspicious this is only my second time buying like a place buying renting right renting okay do you have proof that you sent this guy money cash was through cash and where did you give this person through cash at uh we found him on Facebook I'm pretty sure and he gave us the email like the mail address and sent it to so you mailed a stranger cash that you've never met and then you couldn't get access to a home that's done by company how did the where happened to the original door handle and all that stuff where' that go I don't know I have left to go get my stuff and then go so who took it I don't know you should your name's on the paperwork not anybody else's here yes I do understand that mhm but I had left to go get the rest of my stuff before like and then I came back and I noticed it going off was like different and I didn't think anything of it he didn't bother to talk to anybody about that I figured they just came and did it cuz they don't want people to access it do you have how' you get the cash I had got it to my parents so your parents gave you cash yes and where are your parents at no how did you get the cash from your parents I had they had direct deposit and then I cashed out okay so they put money in your bank and then you took money out of your account to send the money cash to this person yes can you prove that I can go I can try and find it to my bank statement okay and where how would we do that uh I have a bank at Lady V I have the online banking okay but I thought you said your phone doesn't work my phone it's the service that doesn't work meaning like I can't receive calls and text through a phone number I have to use a second to like text now those type of act to receive com okay do you have communication between you and the guy you sent money to yes I have on the text text me where's it pH text me it's either text me or text now I don't remember it's there's two different apps I do know that did you not think that that was suspicious I had downloaded the app I need the anybody can set up a text me or text now and be anybody it is a service that you can be anonymous on and set up whatever so when did you start moving in I started moving in about 2 days ago how much three two two lease was signed yesterday how you moving two days ago don't you think that's suspicious says right there 4:11 today's the 12th and you moved in the day before you started your sign your lease that seems suspicious to me just go ahead and startop M again and we'll sign the lease later I was like okay sounds good H okay so how can we get you to get this access to your uh account to prove that you got money out I can find it to my transaction on the all right how do we do that I have it on my laptop and on my phone it's on your laptop and on your phone cuz my B connected where are those currently located my phone is in my pocket and then my laptop's in my okay on my van well let's work on that real quick I'm going to cop you don't go anywhere do anything stupid okay okay here all right you should find it use your phone when did you with uh withdraw the money I'm looking honestly I can't find it remember how many days ago no you don't I'm going through it every day trying to find it I cannot find it and I'm already in March 7th okay so you don't know you're you tell me your account doesn't show the the withdrawal of how much money it was supposed to be 4,800 4,800 but it doesn't show it at all you can look too what about the communication between you and the guy who sold you the house it's only PEX here go this is part of the conversation and then the other part is on my boyfriend's phone so this was yesterday yes 9:00 yes but how did you start moving in 2 days ago like I said it was through my boyfriend's phone as well he just stopped responding to them so then I had to stop texting okay sobody bank statement she can't why I don't know I was looking for I even got it Mark 7 and I still couldn't find it okay here's the deal kid um right now you have nothing to prove other than this which doesn't prove anything for me that you didn't just concoct this scheme in that you are trying to fraudulently enter your like lii with nothing uh your homeboy over there is wanted for burglary which probably Falls in a line of something like this so you want to tell me what's really going on before this gets even more serious because it's already pretty serious so why don't you tell me the truth instead of trying to come up with all this stuff because that if that was done yesterday doesn't fall in line with what you're talking about oh I moved in three days ago not adding up that's a problem with lies you're going to get caught with lies because the stories can never add up to same so what's really going on here and what's your involvement okay so I had just got evicted from my apartment that I had so I had to quickly try and find a spot where I was going to be homeless mhm um my boy boy friend and his brother was helping me out they started texting like Facebook Market trying to find homes on there we tried Zillow Trulia whatever it's called and then this one guy hit hit us up about this house that house right there uh his name was like it was some Indian name sorry with a d I don't know how to pronounce it um but he said that the house was still available and that he just needed the first month spent and then the last month spent to be able to get the house and you can go in he gave us the code and then said we were good to go okay but again I have you accessing this house four times yes or AC trying to get codes four times one at 4:00 in the morning all the way up to I think 9 in the morning yesterday so again these are not adding up if he's providing you with a code he provided me with one code and then we had to leave to go grab our stuff and then we texted him ask him for the code again and he said to go to the invitation home when did he provide you with this code uh it was is it on any message it's on my boyfriend's message it's on your boyfriend's message yes boy text now cuz we all don't have servers right now which one's your boyfriend blue shorts blue shorts am I going to find this on his phone or is this going to be another rabbit hole that you're making me go down before we get to the truth no it should be on his phone okay it should be the same number as what's on okay that phone all right okay stand by yes sir I'll talk I've never been in trouble with the police that's how long you been how you long have you been dating your boyfriend since October since October I moved down here in like maybe what July from Texas cuz I was in the military and then I just met to military since October has there anything happened has he's been in trouble with anything nothing I even asked him beforehand if he had any Rec he said no he doesn't so I was like okay sounds good you who took the uh the door knobs off the house you don't know how come your bank doesn't show you withdrawing that money I don't know you don't know CU you're lying about withdrawing the money no because I was looking through it and I couldn't find it but if you withraw the money you would show up in your 100% that's somebody who's been banking for 38 years on if I take get $1,000 out of my it's to show it's going to show an hour yes that I took, bro I did it one time bro it's like it knocks you out it's too much that's a problem I say it's too much that that is it is too much want change your story before I go talk to your boyfriend and find out that this wasn't this number doesn't exist he knows exist number the code to the door you sure about that one of you guys stay with her please next officer spoke with her boyfriend but his version events was completely different what's your name d what is it d d do you have your phone on you you do I do okay read me what I do I'm getting charged for did I say you're getting charged with anything Oh I thought you say you want to you want to read him I man you got your handcut before we ask your questions yeah right to man silent do you understand that's yes or no say yes or no that's yes or no you have the right to man silent do you understand yes anything anything you say maybe is against you in court do you understand yes you have the right to talk to a lawyer before and during questioning do you understand in verbal yes or not you cannot if you cannot afford a law and want one you be one before question without charge has anyone threatened or promised you anything to get you to [Applause] talk so what's going on man what what happened to here this exactly what what's going on I pay money Monday with my girlfriend know you know 4,800 I moved in today the guy came he unlocked the do for us made to sign a lease I got the lease right there that you grab and boom we were literally who came and unlocked the door the guy we've been talking to for the leadi for this crib right here Zillow on Marketplace okay did he take the lock box with him he he opened the door for us that's what he did yeah but what happened to the lock box he unlocked he took the lock box off the thing he opened he put the code in the door we went inside showing us the place what was his name it's on I'm asking you you didn't ask him I wasn't here Dam D on it's on okay so why is the lock box with the original door knob in the trash can in the garage then explain that to me you live here you should know right I don't oh don't that's very suspicious how did you pay this guy in person how cash that's very strange you know why that you know why that's strange here's a problem with lying and you got three different people is one person's lie doesn't match the other person's lie so your girlfriend said that she mailed the money to the guy and has never met him and she's the she got her code requested for or the code came in from him that's supposedly on your phone so that's weird why is her story completely different from yours it's literally cuz Ling came in person oh did you I said he came in person okay and I locked the door I said I gave the money to money so if he unlocked the door you would have had the key to the original knob right there's no reason to throw there was no KN there was no knock thing on it it was a how the knock thing is there now that's how it was it's only the lock barx on top the little keypad thing to lock the door and unlock the door there was no other thing on the bottom it was just that to unlock the door and that's it sent the bre in Monday okay we met him two days came on we moved in today we were here only for 5 hours before y'all came uh you got a lot of stuff moved in for 5 hours how did you do that with one car really yeah really yeah you need to understand you need to understand understand I'm listen you're in you're in a lot of trouble right now I'm understanding you completely five it took us 5 hours to move into the house M it's it's that's it like you see every you guys walked inside yall seen everything in there that's not a lot of stuff okay that's not so how did you find this house I just told you Facebook Marketplace Zillow Zillow Zillow Facebook Marketplace okay you know those are two different companies right that's where Marketplace it had it on Marketplace the link sent to Zill what this guy look like huh what the guy look like why this poy look over there little G though who not this guy in the green shirt the guy in the green shirt he look Spanish same same complection just like him but a little skinnier younger you ever been arrested before yes for what hm For What and [ __ ] what you call it um Tallahasse four driving that's it yeah no license no other no nothing else in your history that I'm going to find no I mean it's pretty easy to look up I'm just asking you giving you the opportunity to be honest about it got locked up with no light driving with no Li when I was like 17 okay thats 18 I think around yeah around okay so you're going to stick by your story that a guy came and unlocked today he came today yes and unlocked the door yes C okay he left we had the code we were moving in back to back and there was other people coming here talking about oh about the house yeah you didn't think that was weird that's I did find that weird I had conversated with my girlfriend and him okay and they kept coming back and I'm like why these people keep coming back to St all right have you been in this house previous to when you came in today oh no okay so why did your girlfriend access the code from their online system four times before you guys came in today she did it she did it today in the morning yes the code for the door the key the keypad that is in the trash can in the garage how did that happen how did that happen can let me talk we was on the phone with these people at 4 around time around who the people for the Cod why would you need to be on the on the phone with them it was all day we've been we was talking to them all day for what to get what you to move we had to move from our other place we had to get it to another place I don't understand why you were on the the phone no not like texting not on the phone not a phone call texting going back and forth for what to get you just said you just said a guy came in and let you guys in what do you need to be texting him do you not understand I said Monday we've been we've been doing this since Monday I did not I said that earlier we gave bread Monday we came today we came today cuz that's the day they said we could come it's today and we came today so why is your girl story completely different you mean I just told you what she said she said you guys handle this all through text now which allegedly is on your phone to get a code to get in when you moved in the code expires in one hour which is why she requested the code four times to get to the lock box to open the door to open the door yes okay yes it's exactly what happened couldn't get into C she came two days he bread Monday he came today and just magically let you in he had to I don't I don't know she said you guys moved in yesterday I'm sorry she said you moved in three days AO two days ago yes two days the leas was signed yesterday move into this place two 3 days ago okay your stories are not adding up though it's it's not matching at all it's not driving she didn't say anything about meeting anybody here she said that she paid him through the mail it was sent via mail that's what what is he came here today she sent Brad she came here today see we were both you said you paid him in person you literally told me that you know everything's on camera right you literally said you paid him in person when he unlocked the door I said I paid him Mond day I never said any no you didn't I did not say right here you changed it no I did not say I did not say that you're funny for tryina I'm not funny yes you are I'm being serious I whatever man listen your story is full of [ __ ] that's all I'm going to say all right it's not adding up the leas are you kidding me I can go online right now and print that out and give you a [ __ ] lease right now that didn't do that I don't need to do that I'm just saying that that means nothing to me exactly that feels like I don't know where did the cash come from I don't know I who's us me and my girlfriend okay where did it come from from you had it you had it the whole time working wise again she told us that she got it from her parents so so get any more lies she's any more lies you want to tell or do you want to like what she has no reason to lie to us she has no le one of Y oh that's it you're okay she's not she's not even cuffed anymore she's totally fine when she told the story but I'm pretty sure she 100% I know that's my girlfriend I 100% she's scared okay but scared to make up stories the only thing she has to do is tell us the truth and she's saying that she's telling us the truth which is not obviously true she is telling the truth then you're not I'm telling the truth too okay well you both can't have two different stories and they both be the truth that doesn't work it's not how life works so nice try what you want me what you want me to say no the the truth would be helpful but there no there's no truth we moved in the crit I don't understand what to say decid least we moved into a house your stories don't match up on how that even occurred all you have is some some paperwork that says that this happened you can't prove where the money came from she can't she says she took it out of her count she can't it's not there that's what happened okay well we got the bread we got the bread and then boom we got the plates they wanted bread we gave them bread we got the place everything she said she she tell you the truth okay I don't feel like I'm not lying either though that doesn't make any sense you understand that right I do understand but I'm telling you I'm not lying either she's telling the truth though okay all right returning to the girlfriend the officer gave her one last chance to come clean but instead of clarifying she dropped yet another twist completely changing her story Leaving officers wondering just how deep the deception ran put your hands behind your back put your hands together like your brain all right turn around you the last opportunity to come come clean your boyfriend completely different not one thing that you said that you told us matches not one thing not lying to you at all he came with a completely different story on how you guys came to be in this house so and he says that you're not lying but he's not lying and obviously that doesn't work right yeah that doesn't make sense so what happed so I'm telling you it was I had contacted the Zillow people went through the houses tried to find like at least three bedrooms two bathrooms t phone I found this place cuz I saw it was only 2400 so I pressed request application through Z and then I put in the phone number 32577 that phone number and I waited for someone to contact me and when they did they asked if I wanted to see the listing and I was like yes I do and then they gave me the code and they text me saying tell me when your 5 minutes away and I'm going to give you the code so I stopped stopped at the Taco Bell because I don't have service to be able to text them since it was really close and then they gave me the code and I came over here and that's how I first saw the house I just walked around and saw it and I was like okay I like this place let's text the people back and say we want to we want to continue with this so we got back to my friend's house because she was letting me stay there um and then after that he text I texted them saying I would like to proceed with this um application and he goes okay sounds good uh you can when would you like to move in I said as soon as possible he goes okay you can move in now if you if you would like I just need the first month went and then the last month went and then the application fee I was like okay it sounds good how much is that and he said it was 2400 for one month and then 2400 for the next month and that's how we got the 28 not 28 4,800 okay that's how you do that um and then after that he said we can go ahead and move in and to get the code we would have to use Invitation Homes to get the code cuz he can't give it to us again so I was like okay sounds good I'll use it so we wait until the next morning in order to do it cuz we were all just tired at like 4:00 a.m. just wanted to go to sleep fig we would continue the next day MH so then we got up around 7:30 got over here around 8:00 checked out the place um and then made sure it was still good like all the keys were there and stuff and then we left again to get all stuff cuz we had already started packing the night beforehand just in case and then we started moving in our stuff we had to take five trips because of all of our stuff combined and the beam W is not so he's big uh so that's why we had to use the code multiple times how did you hey so he said we don't have to pay until the 16 because I don't get paid to the 16 so you haven't paid anything no not yet and he said that we didn't have to pay until the 16 okay cuz he was trying to work with me okay why did you come up with this whole other story though cuz I don't want to get in trouble but that doesn't make any sense if you weren't going didn't want to get in trouble why wouldn't you just tell me the truth why wouldn't you come up with the story like tell me what really happened lying to me is going to get you in trouble you understand that yes sir so this guy allegedly texted you a code to get in initially and then said go through the homes you did this through Zillow yes it was through Zillow he contacted me like I put the application through Zillow requested to apply I was like when would you like to apply I put in that information number and then he texted me through the phone number it's suspicious to me because that doesn't work like that you can't just put homes in Zillow and then put like fake numbers like it it gets put in by the company or the realtor so I know this because I'm also a realator you can't just do this it's impossible so so I'm having a hard time believing that you received a number from somebody from Zillow CU it would come back to the realator assigned to this house it just said I like thank you for crying about this address uh it is still available okay and I I and I saw the address I was like oh okay that's the place I I applied to so I texted him back all right can you prove any of this is there any proof that what you're telling me is true it's all on the phone that's the only thing that's they didn't do it off my phone I Vis only cuz I was trying to find what did you show us what was that that was me trying to get a hold of him because he stopped replying to my boyfriend that looks like Facebook that was through the text now that was text now mhm okay all right you're being placed under arrest okay do you understand I don't believe anything you're saying you've already lied once now you're lying again okay and you're not even out any money on it so we just let people stay without paying especially renting that's like guaranteed you pay first month's last month's rent so I don't believe a word you're saying I think that you try to get in here fraudulently and I I think it's your first rodeo and it is what it is actions have consequences so St this way do you have anything on you that's going to poke us stick us I just have a bit in my pocket okay when we get over here we'll uh deal with that your friend who owns the car is out of town that's she what about the dog that's my dog who is the keys to the car oh it's in the house okay is there anybody that come pick up the dog uh no cuz my family lives in North Carolina your family live where North Carol okay no I was do it the woman was arrested and charged with fraud in burglary [Music] sorry I think them both you do coat FS I believe you can do coat no no you can't do coat I can't remember what Poli says about male and female if they're codefendant though the boyfriend's brother was arrested on an outstanding warrant for burglary ready that's what they say man orang like I said orang did all that had a war I don't remember which one it was when you go to the jail he [Music] and they not meant to be comfortable so you're going to be uncomfortable yeah this is Impala and then we'll go over to the other side and just take out the uh reflector thing let's put it back in the thank you we going to put a on safety first you all care about safety now we do the boyfriend was arrested and charged with the same offenses as his girl friend fraud and burglary all three were subsequently booked into jail open this anything in your pockets anything El okay