Mr. Schiff: The FBI investigated
a case of a $100,000 fraud against
an elderly woman and Agents found
out she wasn't the only victim…
Mr.
Wolverton: "Once we started to
gain an understanding of where the
money went, we were able to determine
that she was actually involved in
a larger FBI investigation in another
state where multiple victims were
being defrauded."
Mr. Schiff: FBI Special Agent
Randy Wolverton who was one of the
investigators…
Mr. Wolverton: "They were
able to show us how much money was
spent and where the money went and
they had yet to receive any returns
on their money. Yet they couldn't
explain an accurate understanding
of the paperwork actually meant."
Mr. Schiff: Wolverton says
the scammers had a theme…
Mr. Wolverton: "The promise
that 'the market really couldn't sustain
losses that their seeing; the market's
going to turn around; you're going
to start seeing returns on your money
but you have to keep sending more,
you have to keep sending more, you
have to keep sending more.'"
Mr. Schiff: Eventually the
guy leading the fraud was caught.
He plead guilty and was sent to prison
on wire and bank fraud charges. I'm
Neal Schiff of the Bureau and that's
the FBI's Closed Case of the Week."
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