Initially Accused Of Staging Adoption Agency Calls, Using Ex’s Credit Card For Flowers, More…
BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2026 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — Vanessa Gallegos of Delray Beach — the woman accused of an elaborate years-long harassment campaign against her ex-boyfriend and his now-wife that included an anonymously mailed in-home HIV test, fraudulent adoption agency inquiries, fake baby registries, and unauthorized florist orders charged to her ex’s credit card — has avoided trial. Gallegos signed a 12-month Pretrial Intervention Agreement filed in Palm Beach County Circuit Court on April 15, 2026. If she completes the program, prosecutors will drop the two felony charges against her.
The deal sheet obtained by BocaNewsNow.com, signed off on by State Attorney Alexcia Cox’s office and Gallegos’s defense attorney, defers prosecution on charges of fraudulent use of a credit card over $100 and fraudulent use of personal identification information. The conditions: no new law violations, $50 per month toward supervision costs, $200 in prosecution costs, no firearms, and no contact with the victims. The court tacked on two special conditions specific to Gallegos: she must continue virtual therapy sessions and continue regular pastoral counseling with a priest at a local parish.
Gallegos was originally arrested in June 2025 after a Boca Raton Police Department investigation traced a sprawling pattern of harassment back to her over roughly two years. According to the probable cause affidavit, the campaign started after her ex-boyfriend began dating the woman who would become his wife. Investigators documented the in-home HIV test mailed to the new girlfriend, anonymous STD-exposure notifications sent through TellYourPartner.org, two fraudulent adoption agency inquiries describing the pregnant victim as an “unfit mother,” two fake baby registries, fake Hinge dating profiles created with Gallegos’s photos that handed out the ex-boyfriend’s phone number to male prospects, and a long string of text messages from VOIP numbers sent to the couple, their mothers, and at least one friend’s wife. A judge granted a ten-year stalking injunction against Gallegos in March 2024.
What ultimately produced the criminal charges was the florist incident. Detectives say Gallegos used Wi-Fi at the Miami Beach Golf Course during a Gift of Life work event to spoof a phone number and place two floral orders — both addressed to herself at the office, paid for with her ex’s credit card — apparently to make it look as if she, too, was being harassed. Subpoenas to Ooma, Pinger, AT&T and Match Group tied the spoofed numbers, fake registries and Hinge account back to IP addresses associated with Gallegos’s home, her gym, and the golf course event. The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office took Gallegos into custody on June 27, 2025, and she was released on $10,000 bond. Read our original reporting here.
