Woman stunned after being mistaken for Texas thief who stole $1.2million from company to fund her TikTok career By Maryann Martinez, Texas Bureau Chief For Dailymail.Com Published: 15:28 EDT, 20 August 2024 | Updated: 15:29 EDT, 20 August 2024 e-mail 2 View comments A Texas woman who was mistaken for a lookalike thief who swindled $1.
2million from her company to fund her TikTok career has spoken of her shock. People have been flocking to the TikTok account of a user who goes by @stacy7676, wrongly believing she is Staci Blackmon, a Dallas woman who just pleaded guilty to embezzling the large sum from her former employer, reported Fox 4 . The felon burned through most of the money buying TikTok coins, an in-app currency that she gifted to influencers in hopes of getting more of her own followers.
Staci Lynne Blackmon, 39, (left) was sentenced to 35 years in prison after she pleaded guilty to stealing $1.2 million to try to attain internet fame. She bears a striking resemblance to the TikTok user (right) @stacy7676 #TROLLS ♬ original sound - stacy After Blackmon was sentenced to 35 years in prison for her crimes this week, a different woman who is her lookalike and shares her name on TikTok was flooded with comments and views.
'Y'all need to get better FBI skills and continue trolling because y'all have stumbled upon the wrong one,' Stacy said in her Southern drawl in a video posted to her account . 'My name is Stacy: S-T-A-C-Y. The lady that was arrested in Dallas is S-T-A-C-I.
Her last name starts with a 'B.' Mine starts with a 'C,' and we do not look anything alike.' However, new followers of Stacy with a 'Y' were quick to disagree with her in her comment section.
'You def look alike if you guys did not remotely favor each other, ppl would keep passing by,' posted @Oyg. 'You absolutely DO look like her,' posted @Shrimp. But while her status as a doppelganger is up for debate, the two women do share another thing in common-- their love of social media attention.
'But, I love all the views I've gotten, the comments. Thanks for boosting everything,' Stacy with a 'Y' clapped back in her video. Staci with an 'I' was in search of the very same thing, according to prosecutors.
'She spent her money on TikTok,' a disgusted Tarrant County Assistant District Attorney Lori Varnell told the local outlet. 'She didn’t buy any assets. She didn’t put the money anywhere and had nothing to offer, to payback, that was comparable to the amount that she stole.
She went ahead and stole another $400,000 from the business as well.' Starting in 2020, she began funneling money from an account at her job with SCH Homes, a luxury home builder based a suburb called Southlake, to TikTok. She bought $900,000 worth of TikTok coins to tip influencers with large followings during live streams.
Blackmon believed doing so would help her get more of her own followers. It's unclear how big a fan base she was able to build, but her employer eventually caught on-- noticing the missing money. She was indicted in 2022, and had then had blown the money on social media, a luxury suite at the a Dallas Mavericks game, home furniture and on several vacations.
The failed social media star will instead spend 35 years in prison, although she plans to appeal her punishment. FBI Texas TikTok Share or comment on this article: Woman stunned after being mistaken for Texas thief who stole $1.2million from company to fund her TikTok career e-mail Add comment.
