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Police: Miami-Dade fraudsters pretend to be a cancer patient and her caretaker

Duo accused of using stolen IDs to defraud Dade County Federal Credit Union account holders

Police officers arrested Carmen Ramirez, left, and Eva Rodriguez-Nunez, right, on Thursday, in Cutler Bay. (MDCR)

CUTLER BAY, Fla. – Police officers reported two women pretending to be a cancer patient and a caretaker were serial robbers.

Eva Rodriguez, who pretended to be a cancer patient, and Carmen Ramirez, who pretended to be a caretaker, used other women’s stolen identifications to pose as Dade County Federal Credit Union account holders, police said.

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Rodriguez, 72, and Ramirez, 39, allegedly got away with their heist so many times that it gave investigators with DCFCU time to figure out that every account holder who had been a victim had IDs stolen during car break-ins.

A teller outsmarted them and prompted a silent alarm on Thursday. Police officers arrested Rodriguez, also known as Eva Rodrigueznunez or Eva Rodriguez Núñez, and Ramirez at the DCFCU branch at 20295 S Dixie Highway, in Cutler Bay.

Miami-Dade County inmate records show correctional officers booked both women on Thursday night, at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center near Doral.

Rodriguez faced nine felonies and a misdemeanor. The charges were organized scheme to defraud, five counts of identification use without consent, three counts of grand theft, and petit theft.

Ramirez, who has a criminal record that includes armed robbery in 2013 and grand theft in 2008, faced four felonies and a misdemeanor. The charges were organized scheme to defraud, petit theft, and three counts of grand theft.

Miami-Dade County Circuit Judge Ellen Sue Venzer was set to preside over the cases.


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