An Atlanta man remains in the Hall County Jail without bond for receipt of some of the funds stolen from a Gainesville woman in a jail bond scam last month.
The Hall County Sheriff’s Office said the Protective Transport Unit took custody of Addae Elijah Bahati on Friday afternoon, Jan. 30, at the Atlanta City Detention Center and brought him to the Hall County Jail to face the local charge.
According to an initial investigation, the 55-year-old victim received a call from someone claiming to be with another sheriff’s office in Northeast Georgia on Jan. 9. At the time of the scam, the victim’s son was in jail.
During a series of calls from individuals claiming to be in law enforcement, callers directed her to different locations to withdraw cash and make transactions using a digital payment service and prepaid cards to secure her son’s release. At the direction of one of the callers, she met with a man in a grocery store parking lot to provide the cash she withdrew…