Morgan Hill Police arrested a suspect and recovered stolen cash in two separate recent elder financial fraud cases.
The cases were reported to the Morgan Hill Police Department on July 23. In the first reported incident, an elderly resident reported their computer had displayed a pop-up message claiming the machine had been hacked, says a press release from MHPD.
The message instructed the victim to send money to “fix the issue,” police said. The victim was conned into sending nearly $30,000 over several transactions—including a $20,000 cash delivery during an in-person meeting…