Westerville fraud case serves as warning about sophisticated scam artists targeting older adults

WESTERVILLE, Ohio — “What’s going on, man? What’s your name?”

A man sat stunned as Westerville police surrounded his car in a Starbucks parking lot in April. Investigators had been watching him closely after a 76-year-old Westerville woman realized she may have been caught in a financial scam.

Detectives say the suspect had arrived expecting to collect hundreds of thousands of dollars in gold…

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