Authorities arrested a Miami woman accused of using stolen identities to open accounts and steal thousands of dollars from South Florida banks.
Chloe Castellanos, 37, faces charges of grand theft, organized fraud, defrauding a financial institution, and fraudulent use of personal identification, according to arrest reports.
Investigators said Castellanos impersonated identity theft victims to execute schemes at Regions Bank in Cutler Bay and Truist Bank in Miami.
On May 22, she allegedly presented a fake driver’s license with her photo and another person’s information to open an account at Regions.
A week later, detectives said an $18,000 wire transfer was deposited into the account, later deemed fraudulent.
On June 2, police reported Castellanos targeted Truist Bank, where she allegedly initiated a $5,000 unauthorized transfer from a victim’s home equity line of credit and later withdrew $8,000 in person using another fraudulent license.
Surveillance footage captured her interactions with bank tellers, according to the reports.
Authorities said multiple stolen identities were also recovered from Castellanos’ cellphone.
She was booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.
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