On January 8, 2026, at approximately 11:22 A.M., Crystal Police took a fraud report from a victim living at the 5800 block of Nevada Avenue North in Crystal, Hennepin County. Police contacted the victim [NAME REDACTED] and learned that there was an unauthorized charge on his credit card on October 4, 2025. The charge was through American Airlines for $428.49. C. G. Reported he did not make the charge and tried to dispute it through the bank multiple times. The card is an Apple credit card ending in 3618 through Goldman Sachs bank and he has never lost the physical card.
On January 13, 2026, C. G. Provided the police with a copy of the bank statement, screenshots of the fraudulent transaction, and his correspondence with Apple disputing the transactions. Police located the address of [ADDRESS REDACTED] in Phoenix, Arizona, associated to the transaction. This address lists to the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport which has an American Airlines service. On March 9, 2026, following a search warrant for the records pertaining to the card, an investigator received an email from American Airlines Corporate Security.
Security was able to locate the flight that was purchased based off the address. The flight was purchased online for Miami to Los Angeles for 10/05/2025. The passenger was identified as ELIZABETH DIANA IBIDHI [DOB REDACTED], Defendant herein. Defendant's address is listed in California, but she used the victim's address on the ticket. The victim confirmed he does not know Defendant and did not give her permission to use the credit card. At present, Defendant is not in custody.