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A woman in Millbury, Mass., allegedly robbed and vandalized her own house, while trying to pin the crime on the Black Lives Matter movement.

Maria Daly, who is married to a police officer, called police on Oct. 17 and reported a burglary, according to CBS News. She claimed around $10,000 of jewelry and money had been taken.

She also said her house was spray painted with the letters “BLM,” the acronym for the movement.

But Millbury Police Chief Donald Desorcy said the crime was staged.

“Something wasn’t quite right,” Desorcy told CBS. “The officers did their due diligence and followed through with the investigation that we had.”

“Basically we came to the conclusion that it was all fabricated. There was no intruder, there was no burglary.” Tweet This

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Desorcy said Daly’s husband, Officer Daniel Daly, was in no way involved in the incident.

Shortly after she called the police, Daly posted a message on Facebook about the “crime.”

“We woke up to not only our house being robbed while we were sleeping, but to see this hatred for no reason,” the post read.

Police say a possible motivation for the crime might have been because of financial problems, the Telegram reports.

On Friday, Daly was charged with filing a false police report and misleading a police investigation.