The victim handed over $9,800 to the suspects, police allege.
Such scams involve fraudsters targeting victims pretending to be grandchildren needing money due to an emergency.
In this case, a township resident received a call March 1 from a person pretending to be her nephew, who said he’s been arrested for drunken driving and striking a pregnant woman, and needed cash to get out of jail, police said. Then, another man got on the phone claiming to be the nephew’s attorney, from the Legal Aid Society in Manchester, New York, and told the victim the nephew would need $9,800 to take the case. The victim obtained the money and the “attorney” said he be sending someone to the victims home.
Two hours later, a man and woman arrived at the victim’s Hamilton home and collected the cash in a hand-to-hand exchange, Hamilton Detective Lt. Manish Gautam said. The victim realized she’d been duped and called police. An investigation by Detective Nicholas Schulte led to suspects Raul Santos-Marte, 39, and Karina De Los Santos-Polanco, 34, as the people who collected the cash. He charged each with theft by deception over $500 and they surrendered to police on Monday, March 21.
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