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Security guard and inmate face theft and fraud charges in Florida
A security guard at the Krome Service Processing Center in Miami has been arrested for allegedly stealing $5,382 from a detainee. Matthew Christian Torres, an employee of private contractor Akima Protective Services, was captured on surveillance footage placing the cash in a logbook and later concealing it in his clothing. Torres faces a felony charge of third-degree grand theft.
In a separate incident, Patrick Marquelle Turner was extradited to Florida after allegedly using a contraband cellphone while incarcerated at Georgia's Wheeler Correctional Facility to conduct impersonation scams. Turner reportedly pressured an elderly resident into depositing $5,600 into a cryptocurrency ATM by posing as a sheriff's office official claiming the victim had missed jury duty. Florida investigators believe inmates in Georgia prisons may be operating networks of such scams.
Entities
Akima Protective Services · Krome Service Processing Center · Matthew Christian Torres · Patrick Marquelle Turner · Wheeler Correctional Facility
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What the coverage asserts, and how many sources carry each claim.
- [○ 1 SOURCE] Matthew Christian Torres allegedly stole $5,382 from a detainee at the Krome Service Processing Center. www.cubaheadlines.com
- [● 2 SOURCES] Patrick Marquelle Turner allegedly used a contraband cellphone in a Georgia prison to scam an elderly resident. bitcoinethereumnews.com · www.cryptopolitan.com
- [● 2 SOURCES] The scam involved the victim depositing $5,600 into a cryptocurrency ATM after being told they missed jury duty. bitcoinethereumnews.com · www.cryptopolitan.com
- [○ 1 SOURCE] Torres faces a charge of third-degree grand theft, a felony in Florida. www.cubaheadlines.com
- [● 2 SOURCES] Investigators suspect inmates in Georgia prisons are running impersonation scam networks. bitcoinethereumnews.com · www.cryptopolitan.com
- [○ 1 SOURCE] Surveillance footage shows Torres placing the victim's money in a logbook without recording it in the property ledger. www.cubaheadlines.com