12-23-2010, 05:06 PM
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MIAMI -- A woman posing as a charity employee scammed the Miami-Dade County Police Department out of nearly $1,000 in Christmas presents they thought were for foster children, investigators with the department said.
Mayra Mesa, 49, was arrested at her Miami Lakes home Wednesday and charged with organized fraud and grand theft.
According to police, Mesa called the Police Department and asked for donations to her charity, Manos in Action.
The department came together and donated 64 presents to Mesa, only to find out that the charity has been closed for more than a year and never even employed Mesa when it was doing business.
“I didn’t take any money, I didn’t take anything from anybody," Mesa told Local 10's Rob Schmitt Wednesday afternoon.
Investigators said Mesa confessed to one of the department's officers that most of the gifts had already been sold at a flea market.
Police did get a few gifts back, but lost around $960 in merchandise they raised for Mesa.
Post-Newsweek Stations
MIAMI -- A woman posing as a charity employee scammed the Miami-Dade County Police Department out of nearly $1,000 in Christmas presents they thought were for foster children, investigators with the department said.
Mayra Mesa, 49, was arrested at her Miami Lakes home Wednesday and charged with organized fraud and grand theft.
According to police, Mesa called the Police Department and asked for donations to her charity, Manos in Action.
The department came together and donated 64 presents to Mesa, only to find out that the charity has been closed for more than a year and never even employed Mesa when it was doing business.
“I didn’t take any money, I didn’t take anything from anybody," Mesa told Local 10's Rob Schmitt Wednesday afternoon.
Investigators said Mesa confessed to one of the department's officers that most of the gifts had already been sold at a flea market.
Police did get a few gifts back, but lost around $960 in merchandise they raised for Mesa.
Post-Newsweek Stations