Intelligence Brief
The Recruiter Who Sent the Bondsmen
A Canadian man received 33 months for recruiting people to travel to the United States and collect cash from about 20 older Americans. Most enforcement news is about the courier. This one is about the person who hired him.
Arrested at the Door: A Gold Courier Stopped Before the Second Pickup
Michigan deputies caught a courier walking up to an elderly woman's home to collect $60,000. She had already lost nearly $500,000, including $237,000 in gold coins.
A Text About a Purchase, Then Three Pickups
A Reno courier received 45 years in a case that began with a link and ended with cash and gold at the door.
A Ventura County Sting Interrupts a Cash-Courier Scam Mid-Pickup
Investigators say the man who collected $20,000 in cash from an elderly victim was arrested attempting to collect a second payment.
A Grandparent-Fraud Sentencing Names Victims in Three States
A federal money-laundering case out of Pittsburgh shows how far one scam script travels