BETHLEHEM, Pa. — A woman nearly lost thousands of dollars at a local Bitcoin machine after a scammer posing as a Northampton County Sheriff’s deputy convinced her to pay up.
The transaction was stopped when off-duty Bethlehem police officer Hunter Stom noticed something was wrong and stepped in.
“She’s like, oh my gosh, how do I get this back? I was like, first off, hang up the phone. You’re done talking to these people,” Stom said…