JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Diligence by a local bank teller may have saved a senior from being defrauded out of tens of thousands of dollars.
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office arrested a teenager on Wednesday, March 18, after a suspicious transaction was reported at a bank in the Oakleaf Plantation area.
Police responded to the Vystar Credit Union Wednesday after a 79-year-old man attempted to withdraw $13,000. Due to his age and the amount requested, he was asked certain questions to determine if he was being taken advantage of; that’s when employees discovered it wasn’t the first large sum he had attempted to withdraw that day…