OKLAHOMA CITY (KOKH) — The Oklahoma County Detention Center’s Criminal Investigations Division disrupted a fraudulent scheme involving an inmate and two outside accomplices posing as licensed bond agents to exploit the family of another detainee.
According to OCDC, the investigation began during a routine review of recorded inmate phone calls. In one call, Jaquoryon Cobb, an inmate at the detention center, told another inmate about a contact who could assist with posting bond. Cobb instructed the victim to have someone on the outside call a specific phone number.
The victim’s family reportedly called the number and spoke with an individual falsely claiming to be a licensed bondsman. The family was directed to send $1,000 via Cash App to secure the inmate’s release…