A Los Banos man, 40, was arrested at dawn on May 30 after deputies say he drove to an elderly couple's home to collect cash they had been frightened into withdrawing. The couple lost about $28,000. The man at the door was the last link in a chain that started with a phone call.
A Coral Springs man is accused of using rideshare drivers as unwitting cash couriers in a senior scam that turned a 77-year-old's bank account into an envelope on a stranger's passenger seat. The driver thought it was a package pickup. The woman thought she was helping the FBI.
By Mark Tell · May 20
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