Mr. Schiff: An elderly woman
calls a Midwest FBI office. She thinks
that someone defrauded her. Special
Agent Randy Wolverton, now at the
FBI's Criminal Investigative Division
at Headquarters, interviewed the woman…
Mr.
Wolverton: "She could articulate
the vast majority of her life savings
were drained out of her bank account
that were sent out of state to different
individuals and she had yet to receive
any return on her investment."
Mr. Schiff: Wolverton says
he and another Agent asked how this
all started…
Mr. Wolverton: "We asked to
see the paper documentation that had
been sent to her and we were trying
to ascertain if she has an understanding
of what the documentation actually
means."
Mr. Schiff: The woman lost
more than $100,000. Wolverton says
she wasn't the only victim. There
were others in other states…
Mr. Wolverton: "They were
answering public ads; they were receiving
paperwork supposedly describing these
investments. The paperwork was very
complex in nature."
Mr. Schiff: The lead scammer
was rounded up and plead guilty to
wire and bank fraud charges and sentenced
to federal prison. I'm Neal Schiff
of the Bureau and that's the FBI's
Closed Case of the Week."
