Woman who went viral for coughing on Uber driver accused of ID theft

📆 4/29/2022 3:22 AM

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📆 4/29/2022 3:22 AM
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Arna Kimiai, the woman who made headlines in 2021 after video footage showed her coughing on a San Francisco Uber driver, is back in the news.

Kimiai was apprehended by the Miami Police Department on Wednesday night. A spokesperson for the department said potential charges include fraud theft, organized scheme to defraud and fraudulent use of personal information.reported that Kimiai stole the identity of her neighbor, a San Francisco oncology nurse. Emily, who asked the outlet not use her last name, said she lived next door to Kimiai in Los Angeles in September before moving to San Francisco.

The San Francisco Police Department said an individual came into the Southern Police Station on April 5 to report fraud. "The victim stated that in March of 2022 that she received multiple inquiries from her credit card company regarding an apartment in Florida and a vehicle dealership in Southern California, which she did not initiate," San Francisco police said."The victim reported this incident because she believes that she is a victim of fraud and/or identity theft."

SF police said the individual came back to the department, providing additional details from her own investigation, including the identity of the possible suspect. SFPD didn't share the name of the suspect."As soon as Ms. Kimiai learned that there was a warrant for her arrest, she immediately arranged for her surrender to the Miami Police Dept.," Kimia's Berkeley lawyer, Seth Morris, wrote in an email on Thursday.

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