Deputies with the Marin County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man suspected in an elder fraud scam last week , the law enforcement agency said.
On May 12, detectives arrested Balraj Singh, 24, from Torrance, alleging he took part in a “cash courier pick-up scam.” These scams usually involve a criminal pretending to be a federal agent investigating possible fraud involving the victim’s bank account. The victims are told the only way to protect their money is to withdraw it and give it to an “official” courier to be placed in a safe account.
Singh allegedly went to a victim’s house to pick up $50,000 in cash but was contacted by law enforcement before he could carry out the scam, the Sheriff’s Office said…