Welcome to Arrest Stories. An eighteen-year-old Georgia woman was arrested on New Year's Eve after allegedly scamming her ex-boyfriend out of seven thousand dollars by falsely claiming he was the father of a child that belonged to neither of them. Here's what may have happened.
On December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-five, Brya Elise Hardy was arrested in Coweta County on charges of theft by deception. The arrest followed an investigation into an elaborate child support scam that authorities say netted Hardy thousands of dollars.
According to police reports, Hardy and the victim had been in a relationship several years earlier. In April two thousand twenty-five, Hardy reconnected with her ex-boyfriend through Facebook and allegedly told him she had a daughter and that he was the father. Hardy sent photographs of a child she claimed was theirs, demanding financial support for the alleged child.
The victim began sending money to Hardy through Cash App, believing he was supporting his daughter. From April through November two thousand twenty-five, the victim sent approximately seven thousand five hundred dollars to Hardy. On July eleventh, two thousand twenty-five, the victim met with Hardy in person.
However, investigators discovered the child was neither Hardy's nor the victim's. Hardy had allegedly used someone else's child as part of the elaborate deception. Officials stated, "The victim sent Hardy over seven thousand dollars for a child that was not his."
The scheme began to unravel in November two thousand twenty-five when the victim and his family contacted an attorney to pursue a court-ordered paternity test. In December, the ex-boyfriend reported the matter to deputies, telling investigators about the scam.
Hardy approached her former boyfriend demanding child support payments for a baby she falsely claimed was his, collecting about seven thousand dollars through the fraudulent scheme.
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