MIAMI – An Oakland Park man is accused of taking part in a scheme to scam a Miami-Dade man out of thousands of dollars.
On December 20th, Steve Jordan received a call from an unknown number and spoke to a man who identified himself as Walter Higgins, an attorney working for Allstate Insurance.
Higgins reportedly told Jordan that his grandson had been at fault in an accident involving a Bahamian diplomat. The caller said for $600 he could get Jordan’s grandson released. Jordan tried to get in touch with his grandson, but there was no answer, so he agreed to pay.
When he sent his wife to the bank to get a cashier’s check for the amount, Higgins told him he could not hang up because it was important to keep the line open.
Higgens then convinced Jordan that his grandchild was going to be charged with a felony but if he paid $8,000, everything would be dropped.
According to the police report, Jordan asked several times to speak to his grandson but Higgins always came up with an excuse as to why he could not.