A Boca Raton jewelry store employee thought something was wrong when a customer tried to buy a $12,300 Rolex Submariner in May 2025.
The identification and payment card appeared to carry matching information, but the employee told police the name and address changed when the driver’s license was scanned through the store’s system.
That discrepancy brought Boca Raton police to the store and ultimately led officers to a portable fingerprint scanner as they tried to determine who the customer actually was.
Palm Beach County arrest records identify the customer as Alina Arencibia, who was booked by Boca Raton police on May 7, 2025, on allegations involving fraudulent credit-card use, possession or display of a fraudulent driver’s license or identification card, and providing false identification to a law-enforcement officer.
The Scan
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The newly circulating body-camera footage shows an employee explaining that Arencibia had come into the store intending to purchase the Rolex.
According to the employee, the identification initially appeared to match the name on the card. But scanning the barcode produced a different name and address in the store’s system. The employee said the card itself had not yet been run.
When an officer approached Arencibia, she gave the first name “Emily” and maintained that the driver’s license belonged to her. Asked why the information was not checking out, she said she did not know.
She then asked whether she could leave.
“No,” the officer responded, telling her she was being detained and was not free to go.
No More Answers
An officer later read Arencibia her Miranda rights before questioning her further about the identification and attempted purchase.
She continued to say the license pictured her, but when the officer pressed her for her name and date of birth, she stopped answering questions.
Police told her another officer was bringing a fingerprint scanner to establish her identity. Shortly afterward, she again maintained that the identification, name and date of birth she had provided were genuine before saying she had nothing else to say.
Officers placed her in handcuffs while they waited.
The footage also shows police speaking with an Uber driver who had arrived to collect a passenger named “Lena.” After the conversation, an officer told the driver that his passenger would not be leaving with him.
One Fingerprint
The stalemate ended when the officer carrying the portable fingerprint scanner arrived.
After scanning Arencibia’s finger, police obtained identifying information that did not match the identity she had presented inside the store. Officers compared additional identifying information before telling her she was under arrest.
The May 7 booking record lists three allegations: fraudulent use of a credit card under Florida Statute 817.61, possession or display of a blank, forged or stolen driver’s license or identification under Section 322.212(1)(a), and providing false identification to a law-enforcement officer under Section 901.36(1).
The record lists a $5,000 bond on each allegation.
The bodycam footage documents the investigation and arrest, not a finding of guilt. I was unable to independently establish the later disposition of the Palm Beach County case from publicly accessible court records.