TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) - A woman used a fake ID and credit card to try and get $250,000 from a Tallahassee bank.
Cathy O'Brien, 58, used a fake ID and credit to try and get money from a bank.
The Tallahassee Police Department responded to an attempted theft Thursday on Apalachee Parkway around 12:36 p.m.
The police report states, a bank worker informed the 911 dispatch caller that O'Brien was posing as a customer and trying to take $250,000.
Other call notes show that the bank already contacted one of the account holders, the victim's spouse, and were able to confirm that the victim was not currently in Florida.
Police documents say O'Brien showed a fake Texas ID card and credit card as she claimed to be the victim.
During an interview with officers, O'Brien identified herself as the victim and provided a social security number. That SSN came back to a man out of Iowa.
O'Brien then provided another SSN. That number came back to a deceased man out of Tennessee.
After requesting for an attorney, O'Brien made the following statements at different points throughout the investigation:
- "Someone else told me to do this."
- "He told me to sign that."
- "I only did this to get enough money to take care of myself."
Based on the evidence, O'Brien was arrested and charged with two counts of fraud, first degree grand theft, possession of a counterfeit credit card, forgery of public records, and bribing a financial institution.
She was transported to Leon County Jail.
