{"id":313383,"date":"2026-06-19T18:52:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T18:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/313383\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T18:52:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T18:52:25","slug":"miami-man-arrested-for-fake-desoto-county-email-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/313383\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami man arrested for fake DeSoto County email scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">DESOTO COUNTY, Fla. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mysuncoast.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.mysuncoast.com\/\">WWSB<\/a>) &#8211; A Miami man was arrested after deputies said he used a fake DeSoto County government email to scam a resident out of nearly $4,000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The DeSoto County Sheriff\u2019s Office said the victim was already seeking permit approval through the DeSoto County Planning and Building Department when they received an email posing as the \u201cDeSoto County Board of Adjustment.\u201d The victim paid $3,950 in what they believed were permit fees, according to the sheriff\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mysuncoast.com\/2026\/06\/03\/bradenton-police-warn-scam-targeting-grieving-families\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.mysuncoast.com\/2026\/06\/03\/bradenton-police-warn-scam-targeting-grieving-families\/\">Bradenton police warn of scam targeting grieving families<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Investigators said the money was deposited into a bank account named \u201cDESOTO COUNTY-BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT,\u201d but the account holder was identified as Jose Alfonso Dejesus, of Miami.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Detective Jason Baun was assigned to the case and identified Dejesus as the suspect by April, according to the sheriff\u2019s office. Deputies said Dejesus does not work for DeSoto County.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">An arrest warrant was issued charging Dejesus with scheme to defraud, less than $20,000. He was recently located and arrested in Winter Garden.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WWSB. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DESOTO COUNTY, Fla. (WWSB) &#8211; A Miami man was arrested after deputies said he used a fake DeSoto&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":313384,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[130453,130457,130454,130456,123,125,124,130455],"class_list":["post-313383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-desoto-county-email-scam","tag-desoto-county-sheriffs-office","tag-fake-government-email-fraud","tag-jose-alfonso-dejesus-arrest","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-permit-fee-scam-florida"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313383\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/313384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}