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A Cuban woman, a former employee of a jewelry store in Hialeah, is accused of forging dozens of checks to steal over $46,000 from the business owner, where she worked for less than a month, authorities reported.
The Hialeah Police arrested Geydis Cabrera, a 39-year-old Cuban resident of that city in South Florida, on Monday night on charges of third-degree grand theft, document forgery, and organized fraud, as detailed in the arrest report.
Cabrera is accused of forging approximately 90 checks and stealing 46,455 dollars from the owner of Casa Joyero Miami, a jewelry store located on West 49th Street in Hialeah, where he worked as a sales representative between October and November 2025.
The business owner issued her a single legitimate check for $800 as payment, but upon reviewing her bank records in February 2026, she discovered nearly 90 additional checks that she never authorized.
The investigators issued a subpoena to Wells Fargo and confirmed that 57 checks, each for $815, had been deposited into an account belonging to Cabrera.
According to the arrest report, the accused allegedly forged checks, issued them in the names of several individuals, and cashed them without the owner's consent.
The owner of the establishment, Ehybi Cepero Díaz, told Univision 23 that direct electronic payments were also made from the business's bank account. "They forged the signature, they forged the handwriting, they forged everything, and they kept withdrawing money, which was deposited through the mobile application, and the bank never alerted us about anything," she stated.
Cepero detected irregular movements in his accounts and reported the case to the Hialeah Police on February 18, months after Cabrera had stopped working at the jewelry store, as the fraud continued even after his employment ended.
He stated that the total loss for his business was around $80,000, although the amount verified by the court is $46,455.
"Her goal was exactly that: to arrive, sell, collect, and she didn't go to steal clothes; she went for a bigger fish," Cepero stated to the television channel.
"Seeing her on the street or on social media, as if nothing happened, after causing so much harm to a business run by Cubans, coincidentally from her own country, that we are trying to move forward and start anew; then they open the doors for you and you don’t know how to seize the opportunities, this country is not for people like that," concluded Cepero.
The authorities issued a search and location order, and on Monday night, they arrested Cabrera at her home in Hialeah, from where she was transferred to the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center in Miami-Dade.
Cabrera faces three charges: third-degree grand theft, issuance of a forged document, and organized fraud amounting to between $20,000 and $50,000, the latter being a second-degree felony under Florida law that can carry a sentence of up to 15 years in prison.
In her appearance before the court this Tuesday, the accused categorically denied all charges. A bail of $15,000 was set, but she has a detention order from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
In September 2025, a Cuban employee of a jewelry store in Miami was arrested for stealing gold items from the business.
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