A Coral Springs man was involved in a scam to convince an elderly woman to withdraw money from her bank account and hand it over to Uber drivers she believed were “FBI couriers,” according to investigators.
Jimmy Altidor, 34, turned himself in on May 18, nearly two weeks after an attempt to arrest him led to him ramming patrol vehicles and setting off a police chase, according to deputies.
Investigators with the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office said the scheme Altidor was involved in mirrored a pattern they had been monitoring: a fraudster will call a victim posing as a representative of their bank, then tell them they need to withdraw money due to fraudulent activity detected on their account…