Fake Bank Callers Wanted $6,000 From a Sheriff’s Detective. Police Were Watching the Pickup

A caller pretending to work for PNC Bank warned a Palm Beach County sheriff’s detective that someone was taking $6,000 from his account. By the end of the day, an Uber package that the callers believed held the cash was under surveillance in Broward County, although the detective had never withdrawn the money.

Levi John Cantarero, 20, of Fort Pierce, allegedly retrieved the package from beneath a parked car in Pompano Beach.

Shawn Hamilton, 31, of Port St. Lucie, was driving the BMW that arrived for the collection, according to sworn arrest affidavits. Deputies arrested both men on October 27, 2026…

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