On October 27, 2025, Sartell Police Officer Derek Whitehead responded to Sam's Club in the City of Sartell, County of Stearns, State of Minnesota for a theft report. Officer Whitehead learned that a store employee identified as Alwia Abdulwahab Ahmed, [DOB REDACTED], the defendant herein, admitted to stealing from the store over a period of several months. Sam's Club loss prevention conducted an internal review of the defendant's transaction history and provided documentation and surveillance video to Officer Whitehead.
The documentation revealed the defendant refunded receipts from purchases made in the past by other customers when neither the customer nor merchandise were present at the time of the refund. The defendant placed the refunded amount onto gift cards and later used the gift cards to purchase items for herself. The defendant also used the gift cards to purchase items then later returned the items for a refund to her debit card. Officer Whitehead obtained documents which detailed specific instances in which the defendant conducted these transactions.
In one instance, the defendant processed five separate returns between September 20, 2025, and September 21, 2025, for whole beef briskets that were previously purchased by another customer. The refund amount from each transaction was placed on a separate gift card. On September 22, 2025, the defendant utilized the five gift cards to purchase an item totaling $1726.92. Approximately six minutes after making this purchase, the defendant processed a return of the item, with the refund being posted to a debit card.
Documents revealed the theft dated back to at least April 30, 2025 and amounted to over $5,000. Officer Whitehead spoke with the defendant, who admitted she had been engaging in theft for several months because she had been struggling financially. Complainant has reason to believe and does believe that all of the above information is true and correct. The above facts constitute your complainant's basis for believing that the above-named defendant, on or between April 30, 2025, and September 29, 2025, in the City of Sartell, County of Stearns, State of Minnesota, committed the offense(s) described herein.
