A woman who has allegedly defrauded multiple students since October was arrested Saturday night outside of Whole Foods.

A Jan. 20 Crime Alert warned that the fraud suspect had coaxed students into loaning her over $100 each.

A student called University Police Saturday after recognizing the suspect, whose photo was posted in residence halls three weeks ago. The suspect was asking shoppers for money inside the grocery story, University Police Department Chief Kevin Hay said Wednesday.

After UPD called the Metropolitan Police Department for assistance, MPD took the woman into custody on an arrest warrant for failure to appear in court in a previous case.

According to the Crime Alert: “In each case she presents herself as visibly upset, crying and asking for help.  The story includes a plea that she was in a car accident, is stranded and cannot afford to get home. In other versions she says friends wrecked her car.  She also complains of being quite sick and in need of money to travel to Virginia. She has also claimed to be a GW law student.”

Hay said the woman lives in Stafford, Va.