Lynnwood Police say a 74-year-old woman converted her life savings into gold bars and handed them directly to a scammer.
Lynnwood police say a 74-year-old woman converted her life savings into gold bars and handed them directly to a scammer.Police extradited 42-year-old Zhichao Huang from Los Angeles County on Thursday night back to Washington. Investigators said Huang impersonated a federal agent during a weeks-long scam targeting a senior citizen and was carrying a gun during the in-person meeting with the victim.
This scam is almost identical to a ruse in Pierce County which FOX 13 Seattle reported earlier this week.Both scams targeted senior citizens, used pop-alerts, utilized in-person meet-ups when Bitcoin transfers failed, and had the victims use passwords during the money hand-offs.Lynnwood Police believe the scam goes much further than just Huang.Huang was expected to appear in court on Friday, but his appearance was pushed to Monday due to the lack of a translator.
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