Stacy Giroux

The Lee County Sheriff’s Office today said 36-year-old, Stacy Giroux of Lehigh Acres has been sentenced to two years in a fraud against the elderly case that occurred on May 17 of this year.

Investigators had said in May that they responded to a home at 1517 Canal Place in Lehigh after being told there had been a grand theft. When they arrived, the victim, the 90-year-old victim said her neighbor, identified as the suspect as Stacy Bibens who is also known as Stacy Giroux.

Investigators said they believed the victim had befriended Giroux, but now believed Giroux was responsible for more unauthorized transactions from the woman’s checking account.

During the investigation, it was revealed that the victim’s credit card had been used without her permission. When asked by detectives why the victim believes Giroux was the suspect, the victim explained she was familiar with the suspect’s financial status.

Detectives met with Giroux’s attorneys and said they learned of two transactions, totaling more than $4,600, paid for with the woman’s credit card. At the time of the transaction, Giroux told the firm her “godmother” would pay the bill on her behalf.

Investigators said the elderly woman never had knowledge of, or granted permission for, these payments. At the same time of these transactions, a person claiming to be the woman called to verbally grant permission for the payment. Giroux’s attorneys doubted the veracity of this individual claiming to be the elderly woman.

When they learned it wasn’t the woman, and that her credit card had been fraudulently used, they withdrew as counsel for Stacy Bibens (Giroux) and reported the incident to the Florida Bar. The woman’s money was then refunded.

A criminal history check for Stacy Bibens (Giroux) revealed she was convicted of organized fraud, less than $20,000 in Marion County in 2005. This charge resulted in a prison sentence of one year and six months.