A Florida woman is going away for twenty years for a major fraud scheme. Kadesa Sayles, a mother of six, was found guilty on eighteen felony charges, including identity theft and grand theft, with losses over a hundred grand. Unverified online rumors claim she turned down a five-year plea deal before trial, but that's not in any official record.
Her scam kicked off when she tricked a seventy-five-year-old man into giving up a verification code, hijacking his phone number. She then tried to raid his bank and online accounts. Cops linked her to the crime through a past record in Virginia and another victim in Las Vegas, whose photos were found on her devices. A search of her place turned up a notebook with over fifty people's personal info, electronics, and about fifteen thousand dollars in cash.
The state attorney emphasized the damage from her coordinated crimes. The lengthy sentence is meant as a strong warning against this kind of predatory fraud.
Her scam kicked off when she tricked a seventy-five-year-old man into giving up a verification code, hijacking his phone number. She then tried to raid his bank and online accounts. Cops linked her to the crime through a past record in Virginia and another victim in Las Vegas, whose photos were found on her devices. A search of her place turned up a notebook with over fifty people's personal info, electronics, and about fifteen thousand dollars in cash.
The state attorney emphasized the damage from her coordinated crimes. The lengthy sentence is meant as a strong warning against this kind of predatory fraud.
