LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — A phone call meant to trigger panic led to the arrest of a scammer in Louisville and helped uncover a massive international fraud operation that stole millions of dollars from senior citizens across the country.
The scheme began to unravel when a Louisville woman (who isn’t being identified) received a phone call from someone claiming to be her grandson, “Michael,” saying he’d been arrested after a car crash and needed thousands of dollars for bail.
“He sounded so much like Michael,” the woman said. “He said ‘I can’t call my dad and I can’t call (his wife) Krista.’ He knew a lot about us.”…