On May 11, 2025, Carver County Sheriff’s Deputy Meinke responded to reports of a Facebook Marketplace scam in Chanhassen, Carver County, Minnesota. Victim, an adult female fully identified in police reports, reported that she attempted to purchase a motor vehicle from a family acquaintance (“Seller”) via Facebook Marketplace. Seller had posted a Toyota Camry for sale on Marketplace with a price of $5,000. Victim agreed to purchase the vehicle for $5,000, and Seller stated that Victim needed to provide a $2,000 deposit to reserve the vehicle.
Seller provided Zelle information for an account connected to DEANA HUMPHREY [DOB REDACTED] for Victim to send the deposit to. Victim provided two $1,000 payments to the Zelle account. Seller then communicated to Victim that the rest of the $5,000 was required as other individuals were interested in the vehicle. Victim provided the $3,000 via wire transfer to an account connected to Christian Apolinar. Victim scheduled a time to pick up the vehicle in Waconia, Minnesota. Prior to picking up the vehicle, Victim suspected that the transaction may be fraudulent and contacted Seller via other means.
Seller confirmed that her Facebook account had been compromised and that she was not selling a vehicle. Detective Rosholt conducted investigative follow up on this fraud case. During the investigation, Detective Rosholt learned that Christian Apolinar’s bank account was connected to an individual located in the Philippines. Detective Rosholt further learned that the Zelle account connected to Humphrey was associated with an address and phone number located in Texas. On March 27, 2026, Detective Robinson called the phone number and a woman who identified herself as Humphrey answered the phone.
Humphrey denied receiving the money from Victim [NAME REDACTED] did not have an account with the bank associated with the fraudulent transactions. On April 21, 2026, Detective Rosholt received records from Bank of America confirming that Humphrey’s email address, phone number, address, and ID were associated with the bank account that received Victim’s money. In reviewing the bank records, Detective Rosholt found that multiple withdrawals and transactions occurred on the account in Texas near where Humphrey lived shortly after Victim’s money was received.
Detective Rosholt also found that mobile banking for the account was accessed using a Spectrum internet service provider on multiple occasions. On May 5, 2026, Detective Rosholt called Humphrey again and inquired about the Bank of America account. Humphrey claimed that the account had been closed at some point and that she did not use it. Humphrey confirmed that the email associated with the account was hers and that her internet provider was Charter. Detective Rosholt knew that Charter was owned/operated by Spectrum.
