Three Bay Area men have been arrested on suspicion of grand theft, elder abuse and other charges for allegedly defrauding an elderly victim out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and gold.
On Thursday, the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office announced the results of an investigation that began two weeks earlier, when a resident told deputies they were the victim of a phone scam. The resident said the value of the stolen items was more than $450,000.
Deputies said the scammer claimed to be an agent of the government and convinced victims that their bank accounts had been hacked…