A 24-year-old flight attendant from Brooklyn was apprehended after she utilized her flight advantages to rip-off an elderly person out of $25,000, which she invested in worldwide flights, Apple items and UberEats orders.
Fate Blake was jailed by United States Customs and Border Protection at Miami International Airport last Friday night on a warrant provided by Flagler County, Florida, according to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office (FCSO).
Over the previous year, Blake performed a fancy sweepstakes rip-off to take roughly $25,000 from a senior lady who resides in Palm Coast, Florida, according to FCSO.
In November 2025, the senior lady got a call from Blake, who pretended to be an agent from Publishers Clearing House, cops stated.
Blake informed the victim she had actually won among their contests, however she needed to send by mail a $500 present card to Blake’s address in Brooklyn, New York to begin the procedure of recovering her earnings.
Around this time, the victim lost access to her e-mail address as the password had actually been altered. It was soon changed with a look-alike account which the victim herself never ever made, cops stated.
In between November 15 2025 and November 19 2025, the victim withdrew $14,000 from her savings account. Blake got $14,220 throughout this time.
On November 18, Blake utilized her complimentary travel advantages to fly from New York to Daytona Beach, Florida, according to FCSO.
Fate Blake was jailed after she scammed a senior female out of more than $25,000
Blake utilized her totally free travel advantages she gets as an American Airlines flight attendant to fly to the fraud victim’s home
Blake flew to Daytona Beach, Florida where an Uber took her to the victim’s home the early morning after she got here. Blake left fifteen minutes later on with access to the victim’s charge card
She went to the victim’s address and presumably gotten charge card details. Fifteen minutes after getting here, an Uber selected her up and took her back to the Daytona airport, authorities stated.
On her method home, Blake made purchases on the victim’s charge card at airports in Daytona, Florida and Charlotte, North Carolina, FSCO declared.
Blake had actually noted herself as a licensed user on the victim’s account, and made herself a different Apple Card, Flagler County investigators discovered.
The victim’s household later on discovered a note inside the victim’s home with directions to call the card business and inform them Blake is her granddaughter and has consent to utilize her charge card, cops declared.
In between November 16 and December 11 2025, Blake invested $10,590.30 on the victim’s charge card, according to authorities.
Amongst these purchases were $1,523.16 invested in Apple items, an eBay order which totaled to $1,740.91, and $1,300 invested throughout T-Mobile, Ugg, a hairdresser in Brooklyn and lots of Uber Eats orders.
‘Her wings were clipped by our investigators and with the assistance of CPB she was apprehended. Her next journey? Flagler County to be held responsible for her criminal offenses,’ Sheriff Rick Staly stated in a declaration
In overall, 88 charges were made on the victim’s card, FCSO reported.
Among the charges was paid in Jamaican dollars, and was made in Kingston, Jamaica, 2 days after Blake flew there while working for American Airlines, authorities exposed.
Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly stated in a declaration: ‘Most flight attendants utilize their advantages to see the world – Blake utilized her’s to enhance a fraud versus a senior citizen, live an extravagant way of life utilizing taken bank cards and believing she might get away with it.’
‘Her wings were clipped by our investigators and with the aid of CPB she was jailed. Her next journey? Flagler County to be held liable for her criminal activities.’
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