South Miami police are asking for the public’s help in finding a man and woman who they say defrauded a CVS cashier out of thousands of dollars.
The incident occurred Sunday night at the CVS located on US 1 near 80th Street in the southwest (SW) of the city.
Surveillance video from the store shows moments when a man and a woman defraud a cashier.
The couple was buying two gift cards, one American Express and one Visa, both for $1,000.
Surveillance video shows the man giving the teller the appropriate amount of money paid out in $20 bills.
After she counts the money, he quickly grabs it and hides it behind the cash register and puts a large portion of the money back in his pocket, allegedly defrauding the teller, police said.
The woman accompanying him moved to block customers behind from seeing the transaction, police added.
According to police, the couple may be connected to an organized group trained to do this.
“So far we have three transactions. As of yesterday it was $18,000 in total,” South Miami Police Sgt. Fernando Bosch said. “We believe that this is an organized group that is doing this and we are asking the community for help in identifying these people. “.
The police ask the community to keep an eye on them, but be careful.
“I would advise getting away from them, calling the police and saying those are the subjects. But I wouldn’t confront them or do anything,” Bosch said.
Anyone with information is asked to call South Miami Police at 305-663-6301.
