Police say she has been at it for months posing as a former employee for places like Walmart and Kmart to trick the real employees into letting her walk out with merchandise without really paying.
Lexington Police says the woman they are looking for successfully pulled off her scam at retailers in Lexington, Georgetown, Frankfort, Versailles and Louisville. And she’s racked up more than $8,000 in cash with her fake ‘buying, then returning for cash’ scheme.
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Here’s how she does it – she goes to purchase a 300 baby monitor, but tells the clerk she’s paying with what she calls a ‘cash card.’ But what the clerk doesn’t realize, is that there really is no such thing. She tells the employee to hit ‘cash’ and ‘exact amount’ on the register and she pretends to run a card.
Though her receipt says she paid in cash, she never really paid anything. Yet, she is able to return the items at a different store, and walk out with cash in pocket.
“In the [surveillance] videos, when she’s first buying the items, she always has a ball cap on or her hair up. When she goes to do the returns she has long hair, about mid-way down her back that she constantly plays with the entire time she’s doing the transaction,” said Detective Mike Helsby.
Detectives say she’s driving an older model, dark colored Toyota Corolla that appears to be pretty beat up. They believe that she is from the area.
Crime Stoppers is offering a cash reward for information leading to an arrest. Call the Crime Stoppers tip-line at 859-253-2020.
