Doral police accuse second Russian national of stealing high-value parcels for fraud group

DORAL, Fla. — A woman is facing a dozen felony charges after Doral police accused her of intercepting high-value FedEx and UPS packages on behalf of an online fraud group.

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The Doral Police Department initially arrested Veronika Nikolaevna Mitina, 34, of Hallandale Beach, on Tuesday. The agency formally re-arrested her on Wednesday and Friday while she was already jailed at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.

Mitina is facing charges for three thefts spanning from August 2025 to this April targeting three different Doral residents, according to police. Authorities said one victim had ordered a Cartier watch worth $8,000, another had ordered two gold coins worth nearly $9,500 and the other victim had ordered gold bars worth $70,000.

According to DPD, Mitina committed the thefts while participating in “a Telegram group chat where she received jobs that included intercepting package(s) from delivery drivers.”

Those allegations mirror those made against a fellow Russian national arrested by Doral police in May. Police said Vladimir Kudyakov, 43, of Hollywood, admitted to using fake identifications to steal high-value FedEx packages as part of a “delivery job” in a Telegram group chat for “Russians in America.”

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Arrest reports don’t indicate any known personal connection between Mitina and Kudyakov.

Police said in each of Mitina’s three known thefts, she pulled up to delivery drivers at various residential communities in Doral while in a Lexus SUV with Illinois plates and showed an identification on her phone with the addresses where the packages were supposed to be delivered.

The thefts were captured on CCTV footage, arrest reports state.

Authorities said police asked Mitina to come to the DPD headquarters on Tuesday, where she provided a “full confession” and told investigators about the group chat.

Mitina’s dozen charges include counts of grand theft, organized scheme to defraud, unlawful use of a communications device and dealing in stolen property.

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Records show she remained at TGK on a $47,500 bond as of Monday.