Iberville resident bilked for thousands after falling victim to bogus online arrest threat

A welder and father of two in Iberville Parish lost almost $4,000 in a scam that used detailed information to make him believe he was facing arrest.

The scam was part of an online arrest warrant Iberville Parish Sheriff Brett Stassi warned about in last week’s edition of Post/South.

The caller told the resident — whose name was not given — that they had personal information — including his home address — to have him arrested if he did not pay fines on alleged citations…

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