On August 28th, 2024, officers from the Woodbury Police Department responded to a report of a telephone scam which had victimized persons residing in the 2200 Block of Vining Drive, in the City of Woodbury, within Washington County. Officers spoke with JBF (an adult female, fully identified in the reports) who stated that on August 15th, 2024, she received a phone call from someone who claimed to be from the Wells Fargo fraud department, and that they had flagged two suspicious wire transfers coming from JBF's account.
The caller stated that JBF needed to create two new wire transfers to 'cancel out' the fraudulent ones. JBF ultimately completed two wire transfers at the callers direction for a total of $24,900.47. Officers ultimately contacted Wells Fargo, who confirmed that the call was a scam. A comprehensive investigation was undertaken, with officers drafting and executing a significant number of search warrants in an attempt to follow the trail of the funds. Those warrants revealed that the funds from the wire transfer eventually found their way to an account held by TRAVIS TYSHAWN IVY [DOB REDACTED], hereinafter Defendant IVY. Officers also discovered cell phone records which demonstrate that cell phones owned by Defendant IVY were in the immediate area of several withdrawals and purchases from accounts that JBF's funds had been transferred into.
Investigation also revealed that the IP address used in many of the transactions was registered to JAZMYN RAE-STELLA STEPHENS [DOB REDACTED], hereinafter Defendant STEPHENS. In addition, many of JBF's funds were funneled through accounts held by Defendant STEPHENS, who also dispersed funds to other persons via her accounts.
