Brick Lady GoFundMe Scandal Unfolds in Houston

The Brick Lady GoFundMe scandal in Houston is a shocking tale of deception and betrayal. A woman, who was referred to as the "Brick Lady" in the community, had been collecting donations through a GoFundMe campaign for a brick wall she was building to honor her late husband.

The campaign, which had raised over $40,000, was supposed to be for a memorial wall, but it turned out to be a scam. The woman had been using the donations for her own personal expenses.

As the community began to question the legitimacy of the campaign, it was discovered that the woman had been using the donations to pay off debt and fund her own lifestyle.

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Roda Osman, the woman behind the viral "brick lady" incident, was charged with theft by deception after collecting over $42,000 through a GoFundMe account.

She claimed to have been hit with a brick after refusing to give a man her phone number, but surveillance footage showed a different story.

Osman had to surrender her passport as a condition of her $10,000 bond.

A mental health advocate cited a similar incident involving Osman in Minneapolis in 2020, where she allegedly fabricated a story about being assaulted by a black man.

The incident went viral after Osman posted live on Instagram, garnering thousands of views.

Osman initially claimed she was attacked by a stranger, but surveillance footage showed her engaging in a verbal and physical altercation with a man.

She claimed the man hit her in the face with a brick, but the footage showed him hitting her with a water bottle after she slapped him.

The investigation also uncovered a GoFundMe account from 2020, which Osman used to collect money after allegedly being assaulted.

A GoFundMe campaign was created on September 4, 2023, just a day after the alleged assault, and listed Roda Osman as the beneficiary.

The campaign raised $42,302 as of October 25, 2023, according to charging documents.

Detectives noticed some inconsistent details about Osman's story and surveillance video told a different story.

Osman had previously created another GoFundMe account in 2020 with the same narrative of a "Black man hitting her."

This raised suspicions and detectives reached out to the Minneapolis Police Department to ask about the incident.

Minneapolis police told detectives that they had not received any reports of Osman being assaulted in 2020.

The GoFundMe campaign was eventually removed from the platform, and all donors were refunded.

Roda Osman, the woman at the center of the "Brick Lady" GoFundMe scam, is now wanted by authorities.

She claimed an unknown man threw a brick at her outside a club in Houston in September 2023.

Osman went live on Instagram after the alleged assault and a GoFundMe account was created in her name, raising $42,302.

Detectives noticed inconsistent details in Osman's story and surveillance video told a different story.

The Minneapolis Police Department was contacted about the 2020 incident Osman claimed to have experienced, but they had no record of it.

Roda Osman has been banned from using GoFundMe for future fundraisers.

Roda Osman, a 33-year-old woman from Houston, was charged with theft by deception after collecting over $42,000 through a GoFundMe account.

She claimed to have been attacked by a man who threw a brick at her, but authorities found surveillance footage showing her slapping the man and him retaliating with a water bottle.

Osman turned herself in on January 23 and was released on a $10,000 bond, with an arraignment scheduled for March 5.

Roda Osman turned herself in to the police on Tuesday, January 23. She was arrested and charged with theft by deception.

She is reportedly free on a $10,000 bond. An arraignment has been scheduled for March 5.

Osman had to surrender her passport under the conditions of the bond.

Roda Osman was charged with theft by deception in Houston for allegedly making false claims about being attacked with a brick. She was accused of collecting over $42,000 through a GoFundMe account after claiming she was hit in the face with a brick and nearly kidnapped by a supposed Uber driver.

The incident went viral on social media after Osman took to Instagram Live to share her story. Authorities later obtained surveillance footage showing Osman engaged in a verbal and physical altercation with a man.

Osman claimed the man threw a brick at her when she wouldn't give him her phone number, but the footage showed the man hitting her with a water bottle after she slapped him. The man then left the scene with another individual.

A charging document stated that Osman reported the incident to the police and claimed she narrowly escaped a kidnapping attempt by a supposed Uber driver. However, the investigation revealed that the entire story was fabricated.

Osman was arrested and released on a $10,000 bond, with an arraignment scheduled for March 5. She was also required to surrender her passport under the conditions of the bond.