On October 7, 2025, officers responded to a phone call from an individual, B. A. S., who was calling to report fraudulent activity. B. A. S. Indicated they were the landlord of a residence in Eagan, Dakota County, Minnesota, and they were in the process of trying to evict a tenant, VICTORIA LYNN ROBINSON [DOB REDACTED] from that Eagan residence. B. A. S explained that while she was reviewing the previously submitted lease application provided by ROBINSON, she noticed that the photocopy of the driver’s license submitted showed a date of birth of 8/12/1974 and the date of expiration being 6/12/2028. B. A. S. Said that she thought this was unusual, as the date of expiration generally corresponds with the same month as the individual’s birthdate.
After running a new background check on ROBINSON using the date of birth of 6/12/1974 and not 8/12/1974, B. A. S. Found that ROBINSON had a criminal history that B. A. S. Was not made aware of at the outset of the rental process due to the forged birthdate on the submitted ID. ROBINSON applied for the residence on September 7, 2024, and submitted the doctored driver’s license with the application. B. A. S. Further reported that she received a letter on October 2, 2025, stating that a check was attempting to be cashed from her account in the amount of $950 was marked as fraudulent.
In looking at the check, the check is dated 10/1/25 and written out to “Ariana Robinson.” The memo line states, “Deposit Refund,” and the authorized signature is “A Sheng.” The $950 was initially taken out of B. A. S.’s business account but after it was flagged, the money was redeposited on October 2, 2025. B. A. S. Indicated that she believed “Ariana Robinson” is ROBINSON’s “estranged” daughter and that it was ROBINSON herself who actually forged and offered the check. B. A. S. Said she issued no such check to anyone named “Ariana Robinson.” After further investigation, officers learned that the account where the check was deposited at was a Huntington Bank account and it was deposited via the mobile app on October 1, 2025, at 9:03 PM. The account holder’s name was “Ariana Robinson.” The account was created on September 30, 2025. The cell phone associated with the account was [PHONE REDACTED] and the email associated with the account is [email redacted]. The phone number associated with the account was associated with an email address account associated with “Martello Robinson.” Martello Robinson is ROBINSON’s deceased 2 19HA-CR-26-624 Filed in District Court State of Minnesota 5/4/2026 husband and father of Ariana Robinson.
Martello passed away in February 2024. The recovery SMS phone number with the email registers to ROBINSON. Officers were able to speak to Ariana Robinson ([DOB REDACTED]) via phone, at a phone number different than the one associated with the above-referenced Huntington Bank account. She reported that she was unaware of any bank account opened through Huntington Bank on September 30. Ariana stated that she is the daughter of ROBINSON and stated that ROBINSON has previously opened accounts in Ariana’s name in the past without permission.
