VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – A Georgia woman was booked in Volusia County this week after being accused of taking part in a fraud ring, according to Sheriff Mike Chitwood.
In a release, the sheriff’s office announced that the woman — identified as D’Zyre Youngblood, 28, of Atlanta — had played a part “in one of those fraud rings that calls your phone posing as law enforcement.”
“They threaten you with jail if you don’t pay thousands,” the release reads.
Chitwood said detectives tracked Youngblood down through Bitcoin wallet transfers after a local woman lost $79,000 to someone who called themselves “Captain Dietrich.”
“It was nice to introduce D’Zyre to the real Capt. Dietrich after we brought her down here on charges of grand theft and organized scheme to defraud,” the release continues. “The scam ring is run by inmates in the Georgia prison system with help from the outside.”
The sheriff’s office also released video of the confrontation after Youngblood was transferred to Central Florida.
“D’Zyre, you didn’t think this one through,” Chitwood can be heard telling Youngblood as she steps out of a patrol car.
While Youngblood was booked on Tuesday afternoon, jail records show she was released on $20,000 bond later that evening.