Man arrested in Florida in connection with alleged Storey County fraud

VIRGINIA CITY, Nev. (KOLO) – A man has been arrested in Florida after police say he scammed a woman in the Virginia City Highlands.

In May of this year, detectives with the Storey County Sheriff’s Office were alerted to a significant fraud case in the Virginia City Highlands.

The victim told police that, after around one month of contact with the suspects, people purporting to be FBI agents came to her residence over the course of several weeks and had taken a significant amount of money from her by threatening arrest if she did not comply…

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