Fake Maid Arrested for Cleaning Out Unsuspecting Homeowner

Woman posed as a maid to get access to homes

When searching for cleaning services in South Florida, you better be very specific or else you might find yourself getting taken to the cleaners.

A Miami woman hired to tidy up a house has been arrested after the homeowner claims the woman made herself right at home and stole $200,000 worth of jewelry, electronics and other items.

Jesenia Lopez-Gavilan, 22, was in court Tuesday and charged with grand theft for her phony maid scam, JustNews.com reports.

Lopez-Gavilan was advertising her services on Craigslist.com and that's how she pulled in her victims, police said.

The woman allegedly cased the joint and then came back with an accomplice, Ray Valdez, who was also arrested.

Chances are this isn't the only time the duo have pulled off such a house cleaning, police said.

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