Marlena Velez, 22, stole the items by scanning false bar codes in the self-checkout to make the items cheaper, the police said.

A TikTok influencer in Florida was arrested after allegedly using fake bar codes to steal merchandise from a self check-out at Target and posting videos with the goods online.

A TikTok creator with 300,000 followers was arrested for shoplifting at a Target store, police in Cape Coral, Florida say. The suspect, Marlena Velez, scanned false barcodes with cheaper prices at the self check-out line,

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