{"id":376033,"date":"2026-08-19T23:24:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T23:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/376033\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T23:24:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T23:24:16","slug":"florida-woman-accused-of-senior-bank-scam-hid-3200-in-body-at-jail-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/376033\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida woman accused of senior bank scam hid $3,200 in body at jail: officials"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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A Florida<\/a> woman accused of posing as a bank representative to scam a senior citizen allegedly carried the scheme all the way to jail, where authorities said they found $3,200 in cash hidden inside her body.<\/p>\n

Moniquie Love Turnbull, 31, of Miami, was arrested<\/a> after Martin County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) deputies alleged she showed up at a senior citizen’s home pretending to work for the alleged victim’s bank.<\/p>\n

The MCSO<\/a> said Turnbull told the victim the account had been compromised and tried to obtain the person’s debit or credit card under the guise of disposing of it.<\/p>\n

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Martin County sheriff\u2019s deputies track a vehicle while searching for Moniquie Love Turnbull, who was arrested in an alleged scheme targeting a senior citizen. (Martin County Sheriff’s Office)<\/p>\n

The alleged victim became suspicious and contacted law enforcement. While deputies investigated, they received another call identifying Turnbull as a possible suspect in a similar case, according to the MCSO.<\/p>\n

Deputies located Turnbull driving near Interstate 95 before she could leave Martin County and arrested her on fraud charges Monday during a traffic stop caught on MCSO bodycam video.<\/p>\n

Turnbull faces charges of scheme to defraud, felony use of a two-way communication device and fraudulent use of a credit or debit card without consent involving a victim 60 or older, according to the MCSO.<\/p>\n

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Moniquie Love Turnbull, 31, was arrested after authorities said she posed as a bank representative while targeting a senior citizen. (Martin County Sheriff\u2019s Office)<\/p>\n

The case took another turn after Turnbull was brought to jail.<\/p>\n

Authorities said Turnbull entered the prison with $3,200 in cash lodged in her vagina.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s not clear who the money was taken from, but for now, it\u2019s accounted for and sealed in evidence,” the MCSO said in a social media post<\/a>. “Keep in mind, at some point the cash will be back in public circulation.”<\/p>\n

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Cash recovered after Moniquie Love Turnbull was taken to jail is sealed in an evidence bag. The Martin County Sheriff\u2019s Office said $3,200 was found hidden inside her body. (Martin County Sheriff\u2019s Office)<\/p>\n

Turnbull faces an additional charge of introduction of contraband into a prison. Her bond was set at $500,000, the sheriff’s office said.<\/p>\n

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After the arrest, the MCSO warned people not to hand over credit cards, cash, gold or other valuables to anyone who unexpectedly shows up at a home claiming to represent a bank, financial institution, government agency or other organization.<\/p>\n

Authorities advised anyone confronted with a similar situation not to allow the person inside or give them valuables and instead call 911.<\/p>\n

Brittany Miller is a Fox News Digital breaking news writer and former Independent reporter who graduated from Syracuse University in 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Florida woman accused of posing as a bank representative…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":376034,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1009,265,28,30,29,7107,6661,628],"class_list":["post-376033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-caught-on-camera","tag-crime","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-police-and-law-enforcement","tag-robbery-theft","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376033","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=376033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376033\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}