GOODYEAR, AZ — A 28-year-old man has been arrested on money laundering charges in connection with an elaborate scam that defrauded an elderly Goodyear woman out of $1.5 million over six months.
The scheme began in June when the victim was having trouble with closed captioning on her Roku television and searched online for a customer service number to call for help. Unfortunately, the number she found was not legitimate.
The person who answered identified himself as “John” and told her that her Roku account was being used by five different people in five different states. He then transferred her to someone claiming to be “Kevin” from the Federal Trade Commission…