On October 30, 2025, officers responded to a report of a forgery at a business located at [ADDRESS REDACTED] NE, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. The victim [NAME REDACTED] on October 27, 2025, they sent $2,030 via Western Union at the business. The person receiving the money advised that he was unable to retrieve the money the victim sent. The victim [NAME REDACTED] on October 30, 2025, to determine why the money was not sent. The reporting party indicated that a person came into the store and retrieved the money.
While the victim [NAME REDACTED], the person suspected of retrieving the money returned to the store. Officers responded. The reporting party indicated that the person later identified as MONIQUE LYNN KUCHINSKI, [DOB REDACTED], DEFENDANT herein, came into the business and provided a paper ID that displayed as a Minnesota Temporary Credential, with the name (CONRADA, ALBINO VARGAS [DOB REDACTED]). The paper showed an ID photo that appeared to show the face of the DEFENDANT. Officers determined that the [DL# REDACTED] and name did not exist in law enforcement databases.
The business gave the DEFENDANT the $2,030. In a search incident to arrest, officers recovered 2.67 grams of field-tested positive methamphetamine inside the DEFENDANT's backpack. In a post-Miranda interview, the DEFENDANT told officers that she arrived in the area of the business with a person she identified as "MUHAMED MEMIC." MEMIC indicated that he did not have his ID and needed her to cash a wire transfer at Western Union. The DEFENDANT indicated that MEMIC gave her the paper ID and was instructed to go to the business to get the money in exchange for $50. The DEFENDANT is currently in custody.
