Now, a former Harris County detention officer and a former inmate, who investigators say she was working with, are on the run.
"I mean, I trust(ed) a police officer," said a man who court documents have identified as a victim in this case. ABC13 is not identifying him because he fears retaliation.
The badge, from the Harris County Sheriff's Office, is what a northwest Houston man says convinced him to buy a car on Facebook Marketplace.
A 2022 Lexus, only $10,000.
"She's in a uniform, badge, nametag, everything," he explained.
He said a woman who identified herself as Stevie Mosley met him at an apartment complex on Washington Avenue.
He said she offered up a white Lexus and even took him for a test drive.
He said he trusted her, so he sent over money and took the Lexus home.
He was so happy with his purchase, he said he later sent over even more money for another car, thinking there was no way the car could have been stolen.
"I mean, people stealing cars, it's like 'in the alleyway, quick, quick.' That kind of stuff. They tell you that it's stolen. That way, you're not tricked (into thinking) that you're buying something legit," he said.
But, according to court records, Mosley and a woman named Andrea Johnson, who is a former inmate at the jail, had rented the Lexus from Top Tier Fleet, a local company that leases luxury vehicles.
Investigators said the two women then sold their rental car: the white Lexus.
The rental company owner said he didn't know what had happened until he became suspicious and used a switch to turn off the car.
The man who thought he owned the car said he had it towed to the Lexus dealership, confused about why it wasn't working.
Deputies soon arrived.
"When you learn the system, people find ways to find loopholes around it," Obi Ezewudo, a partner at Top Tier Fleet, said.
Both Mosley and Johnson have now been charged with fraud.
"It could happen to anybody. If you're looking for opportunity and something like this presents itself, and it looks like it's from the government," the man said.
The Harris County Sheriff's Office released the following statement on the incident:
Mosley resigned her position as a detention officer on April 25 while under internal affairs investigation for fraternization with a jail inmate. On May 1, the sheriff's administrative disciplinary committee determined that Mosley violated the fraternization policy and recommended that she not be eligible for rehire.
Former employees are required to turn in their uniform and equipment upon their separation from the agency, however Mosley did not do so. We recently recovered her uniform and her badge. Mosley is accused of committing felony fraud along with Andrea Johnson. Both women remain wanted at this time.
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