A Davenport man who built a following of more than 154,000 TikTok fans with his husband told viewers he had been abruptly fired and given ten days to vacate their apartment. What he did not mention: court records show he had already been arrested in May on felony fraud charges connected to his old job managing a Weston apartment complex.
Connor Copic, 31, described himself in the emotional video as having lost his job, his income, and his home, according to the Daily Mail. He and his husband, Kelvin Pereira, became internet stars through couple videos chronicling their life as newlyweds. But according to court records cited by the outlet, Copic was arrested in May 2026 over an alleged scheme to defraud his former real estate employer, and he was formally charged on May 28, 2026, with scheme to defraud, uttering a forged instrument, and grand theft. He was booked into the Osceola County Jail the following day, according to jail booking records.
What the Arrest Affidavit Alleges
Court filings say Copic allegedly deposited 34 money orders that were meant to serve as lease deposits into his personal bank account, with prosecutors alleging he embezzled $17,412 from Weston 4Hundred Apartments between March and June of 2025. Copic allegedly filled in his own name on the money orders and instructed residents to leave the payable section blank, according to the filing cited by the Daily Mail. He reportedly told police he credited residents’ accounts afterward to make their balances look current, and said he believed his first fraudulent deposit came in March 2025, with the scheme ending on May 30 of that year.
Copic said he deposited the money orders into a joint checking account he had opened with an ex-boyfriend, and told investigators the ex did not have access to the account. He cited crippling debt he said was caused by that same ex-boyfriend as a reason for the alleged scheme. The case reportedly came to light after Weston 4Hundred’s new property manager noticed accounting discrepancies — a pattern that mirrors broader findings from the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, whose 2026 research found occupational fraud schemes typically persist for a median of 12 months before detection, often surfacing only after management or accounting changes, according to Dean Dorton.
Three Felony Counts, Each Carrying Prison Time
Copic was barred from returning to Weston 4Hundred or contacting alleged victims, and he was arrested and later released on bond. He has not entered a plea, and his attorney declined to comment on the case, per the Daily Mail’s reporting. Pereira, for his part, said Copic was never convicted of the charges brought against him…