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Inmate scams victim out of $46,000 from her jail cell

Inmate convinced an employee to notarize multiple forged documents earlier this year

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USA Today

SAN ANTONIO — An investigation by KENS-TV has revealed an inmate at the Bexar County Jail convinced an employee to notarize multiple forged documents earlier this year.

Toni Stringfellow, 54, is currently awaiting trial for felony tampering with a governmental record and fraudulent possession of identifying information.

The Sheriff’s Office acknowledged Monday that Toni Stringfellow signed another woman’s name on several power of attorney forms, which were then notarized by a jail employee, in order to access the other woman’s investment accounts.

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