A Miami-Dade Police Officer had her initial appearance today on conspiracy and theft of government money charges.
Ebony Nesbitt, 28, of North Miami, was charged by indictment with one count of conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States and one count of theft of government money. If convicted, Nesbitt faces a maximum statutory sentence of 5 years in prison for the conspiracy and 10 years in prison for the theft. Nesbitt is scheduled to be arraigned on the indictment on September 12, 2018.
According to the indictment, Nesbitt participated in a scheme in which she and her co-conspirators designated Nesbitt’s Higher One, Inc. bank account to receive the direct deposit of a fraudulently obtained federal income tax refund. The refund was deposited into Nesbitt’s Higher One, Inc. account on October 2, 2013, before Nesbitt joined the MDPD as a police officer.
