GOLETA, Calif. – A 34-year-old Los Angeles County woman has been taken into custody and $30,000 has been recovered in connection with an alleged scam against a local Goleta woman.
On Aug. 4, 2025, a 77-year-old Goleta woman received a call from someone claiming to be from Amazon and informing her about unauthorized charges on her account with the retailer as well as fabricated bank accounts opened in her name stated a press release from the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office Wednesday.
The call was then transferred to someone claiming to be a Federal Trade Commission agent who instructed the 77-year-old to withdraw $30,000 in cash from her bank accounts to resolve the fabricated issues detailed the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office…