Astripper of Miami stole a client's credit cards and spent about $62,000 on bank transfers, according to police information.
Yannelin Rivera-Bosaw, 34, faces charges of committing an organized scheme to defraud, fraudulent use of a credit card for $100 or more, grand theft and sale of narcotics without a prescription, according to a Miami police arrest report. Dade, to which themedialocal.
Police said a man visited Playmates Club, located at 3875 Shipping Ave., last Friday and asked Rivera-Bosaw and five unknown women to undress and entertain him during their time there.
Rivera-Bosaw danced for him privately and the other five women joined in later.
The victim was "constantly" receiving shots of tequila from the defendant, which led him to quickly become drunk as he lost the ability to get up and go out, according to police.
While the man remained in the VIP seat, Rivera-Bosaw took his wallet and cell phone from him while he was "too dizzy" to react.
Detectives said all of the women continued to tell the victim that the drinks were "on the house."
The man decided to leave the club around 4:00 am, when he was already feeling better, but he realized that his credit cards were missing from his wallet.
According to the report, the man realized on Saturday that his missing credit cards were scanned using phone applications where various amounts of money totaling $62,345 were transferred to Playmates Bar and Grill and Triple Vision, which is the name from the strip club, as if he were paying the business.
In total, six PayPal transactions were made from his mobile phone to Rivera-Bosaw's bank account, which he did not authorize.
The victim told police charges were made to his Chase, American Express and Wells Fargo accounts from Playmates Bar and Grill.
As the victim tried to cancel the PayPal charges, she later found Rivera-Bosaw's number on her cell phone realizing she had to enter her number to send herself the money, authorities said.
After interviewing Rivera-Bosaw, she admitted to paying herself, but said the victim allowed her to send the money to herself.
According to investigators, Rivera-Bosaw's story was inconsistent after she told police that five other women were involved but that she did not know their names.
Detectives saw a text message to her friend and her husband that featured images of PayPal transactions and her complaining that an account had been canceled by the victim.
Rivera's cell phone contained information for human growth hormones and anabolic steroids, which appeared in an incoming text message asking him to take the product to the Playmates Club to purchase.
The woman was arrested and taken to the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.
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