A TikTok influencer in Florida was arrested after allegedly using fake bar codes to steal merchandise from a self check-out at Target and posting videos with the goods online.
A TikTok influencer who allegedly shoplifted about $500 worth of items from Target and posted her haul on the social media app, where she has more than 360,000 followers, has been arrested and charged with petty theft. Police said Marlena Velez, 22, stole the items by scanning false bar codes with cheaper prices on Oct. 30 at a Target in Cape Coral, Florida. The 16 items — household goods and clothing — were valued at $500.32, the Cape Coral Police Department said in a news release.
Velez recorded herself picking out the items inside the store and then taking them home with her, police said. According to the probable cause affidavit, the tipster also provided “unique details” about Velez, including that she had two children and a tattoo of a Zodiac sign on her left wrist, which police said matched that of the woman in the security footage. “Everything was documented,” Mercedes Phillips, a spokesperson for the department, said in a video posted to its Instagram account.
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