Sheriff: 7, mainly from Hialeah and Miami, accused in ‘sophisticated’ check fraud ring

MONROE COUNTY, Fla. – Deputies arrested six males and one girl, largely from Miami-Dade County, in an “ongoing test fraud investigation” within the Florida Keys, officers introduced Thursday.

Adam Linhardt, a spokesperson for the Monroe County Sheriff’s Workplace, described the accused schemers as a part of a “a well-organized and complex fraud group working all through the Florida Keys.”

“The investigation started in November 2022 after Detectives seen a legal sample relating to a number of test fraud instances, which led to seven suspects being recognized and the invention of greater than $175,000 stolen in 57 cases,” he mentioned. “The suspects have been intercepting checks within the mail and fraudulently depositing them into different financial institution accounts.”

The next suspects confronted expenses within the case:

• Yanierki Frances Abreu, 39, of Miami

• Adalberto Bello Vega, 33, of Hialeah

• Duniel Hernandez, 39, of Hialeah

• Maygret Izquierdo, 39, of Hialeah

• Ernesto Padron, 40, of Orlando

• William Ramirez Rivero, 27, of Miami

• Deny Roque, 35, of Michigan

In a press release, Monroe County Sheriff Rick Ramsay mentioned the case was “not but over” and officers mentioned extra arrests have been doubtless.

Anybody with data was requested to name the Monroe County Sheriff’s Workplace at 305-289-2430.