A 31-year-old man from Los Angeles County is accused of posing as an Internal Revenue Service agent and stealing thousands of dollars of from a victim, officials announced Sunday.
The investigation into the incident began on May 1 when deputies with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department’s Norco Station responded to the 2300 block of Kips Korner on reports of the fraud.
“The victim told deputies that an unknown suspect was posing as an Internal Revenue Service Officer and had extorted approximately $20,000 by fraudulently advising them that their financial accounts had been compromised,” RCSD investigators said in a news release .
The suspect, later identified as Arcadia resident Ziquan Ou, contacted the victim once again, claiming they needed to pay additional funds and that he would come to pick up the money himself…