BCSO requesting public’s help to identify man accused of scamming elderly person out of $30,000 BCSO said the man collected the money in cash ‘under false pretenses’
The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office is requesting the public’s help to identify a man accused of scamming an elderly person out of $30,000 in connection with an online investment scam. (Bexar County sheriff's office)
BEXAR COUNTY, Texas – The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office is requesting the public’s help to identify a man accused of scamming an elderly person out of $30,000 in connection with an online investment scam.
On Oct. 3, a man arrived in a gray vehicle at a residence in the 8800 block of Preserve Trail in northwest Bexar County and collected the money in cash from the elderly person “under false pretenses,” BCSO said.
“The male is a person of interest in this ongoing financial-fraud investigation,” BCSO said.
Anyone with information about the man is urged to contact investigator T. Buitrago at 210-335-5786.
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