Buying a dump truck online for $17,000 is already a substantial transaction, only to have the truck never show up. The Marion County Sheriff’s Office says that happened to a Florida buyer and eventually led investigators to 31-year-old Georgia resident Dakota Burchfield and three other victims across multiple states.
Burchfield was extradited from Douglasville, Georgia, to Marion County this week on a warrant stemming from the investigation. She faces one count of using a computer to defraud to obtain property and two counts each of defrauding a victim over the age of 65 and utilizing a two-way communication device to facilitate a felony.
The investigation began after Marion County deputies responded to a fraud report on August 1. The victim told deputies he had found an online listing for a dump truck on July 16, contacted a woman using information provided on the website, and ultimately transferred $17,000 to a bank account, but the truck was never delivered.
Property Crimes Detective Zezuski traced the account that received the money to Burchfield, according to the sheriff’s office, and determined that she was living in Georgia. What began as an investigation into one missing dump truck would soon expand well beyond that single $17,000 transaction.
Bank Investigation Leads Detective to Three More Victims
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The sheriff’s office says Zezuski obtained a subpoena for Chase Bank and reviewed surveillance footage showing Burchfield opening the account in July. Investigators say subsequent footage also showed her withdrawing money obtained through several wire transactions they identified as fraudulent.
During the investigation, Zezuski identified three additional victims who had wired money to Burchfield, according to deputies. Those victims were located in Walton County, Florida, Tennessee, and Wyoming, considerably expanding the geographical footprint of the case.
The sheriff’s office says the transactions collectively involved $44,850 connected to fraudulent online sales of vehicles and a boat. Investigators notified the additional victims and forwarded information from the Marion County investigation to their respective local law enforcement agencies.
Jail Records Show Five Felony Charges and $95,000 Bond
Marion County Jail records, independently reviewed for this story, list five felony charges against Burchfield under agency case number 26022663. Those records show two charges of using a two-way communication device to facilitate a felony, two charges involving defrauding a victim age 65 or older, a minor, or a disabled person, and one computer crime charge involving obtaining property through fraud.
The jail records assign $25,000 bonds to each of the two communication-device charges and the computer crime charge, along with $10,000 for each fraud charge. Together, those amounts total the $95,000 bond announced by the Marion County Sheriff’s Office.
The same jail records list Burchfield’s next court date as October 20, 2026, at 9 a.m. While the sheriff’s office states that Burchfield is being held at the Marion County Jail, neither the agency’s announcement nor the charge information reviewed for this story establishes any conviction in the case.
Investigation Started With One Undelivered Dump Truck
While investigators tied Burchfield to the bank account receiving the money and say surveillance showed her opening the account and later withdrawing funds, the sheriff’s office’s announcement does not explain who created each online listing. It also does not specify whether Burchfield was the woman who communicated directly with the Marion County victim before the $17,000 transfer.
That distinction matters because the investigation establishes several specific links to Burchfield without publicly detailing every person’s role in each transaction. What deputies do say is that Zezuski identified four victims who collectively transferred $44,850 in connection with online sales of vehicles and a boat.
For now, Burchfield faces five felony charges stemming from an investigation that deputies say grew from one undelivered dump truck into transactions involving victims in Florida, Tennessee and Wyoming. Her October court date and charge information come directly from Marion County Jail records, while the circumstances surrounding the investigation and the alleged $44,850 fraud scheme come from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office.