A Denver ice cream shop is warning other small businesses after a scammer pretending to be a police officer convinced an employee to send over all the cash in the register.
Lauren Keddington, a regional manager at Sweet Action, says the caller exploited young employees by using threats of arrest.
“When I finally heard what had happened, there was panic,” Keddington said. “There was a ‘cop’ on the phone telling these young high school and college students they were in trouble if they didn’t comply.”…