An Atlanta woman has been arrested in connection with a phone scheme that cost a victim $79,000, after deputies traced Bitcoin transactions linked to the fraud.
The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office in Florida said D’Zyre Youngblood, 28, of Atlanta, is accused of playing a role in a scheme ring that impersonated law enforcement officers and threatened victims with jail unless they paid thousands of dollars.
Authorities said the scheme involved callers posing as members of law enforcement, including someone claiming to be ‘Captain Dietrich.’…