An Alexandria woman was scammed out of thousands of dollars last month in an elaborate scheme by several suspects pretending to be Sheriff’s Office officials.
No arrests have been made in connection with the Oct. 6 incident, in which scammers coerced the victim to deposit $4,600 into a Bitcoin ATM in Arlandria, through a barrage of texts, calls and false documents, according to a recent search warrant affidavit.
The victim told police she received a call around 8:45 that morning from a man claiming to be with the Sheriff’s Office. The man told the victim that she missed a jury summons for a federal case, that she’d signed a jury subpoena and failed to appear in court…