A woman arrested last year for posing as a caregiver to steal from elderly victims in Broward County is now wanted after authorities said she went right back to her theft scheme after her release from jail.
Jamisha Shamari Sylvain, 27, had been arrested in December 2025 on several charges, including fraud, exploitation of the elderly less than $20,000 and burglary of an unoccupied dwelling.
According to the Broward Sheriff’s Office, deputies had received a report that an elderly man was being exploited by a woman, and that she was posing as a caregiver at the B’nai B’rith apartments in Deerfield Beach.
Defectives said the elderly man let the woman into his apartment, and she took his credit card and withdrew money several times, which totaled $1,600.
As detectives continued to investigate, they learned that more incidents had happened and that Sylvain pretended to be a professional caregiver and would go to elderly victims’ apartments after they gave her permission.
In some instances, detectives said, Sylvain would tell her victims that she was assigned as a caregiver by their health insurance company.
Once she got inside the apartments, Sylvain would steal their debit cards and tell her victims that she needed their personal banking information, authorities said.
Sylvain was released from jail in May, and since then, detectives have identified at least two new cases involving a “similar ruse” as before, with Sylvain falsely identifying herself to gain the trust of elderly victims, BSO officials said.
In one instance, authorities said Sylvain found a victim at The Pointe at Deerfield Beach Senior Living, where she pretended to be a building manager then stole a debit card, credit cards and cash, authorities said.
Detectives are asking for the public’s help in finding Sylvain and are asking anyone with information to contact BSO’s non-emergency number at 954-764-HELP.
