Intelligence Brief
The Visitor Is the Clue
A man sentenced to 14 years met an elderly victim nearly a dozen times, in different cars. The family could not have known the script, but they could have noticed the visits.
Why Gold Keeps Coming Up
Pennsylvania State Police describe callers who tell people to turn savings into gold to "clear their name." The purchase may be the only moment a bank sees.
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.
One Script, Four Counties: Inside the Two-Call Cash-Courier Scam
A fabricated computer or bank alert, a second caller with the fix, and cash handed to a stranger at the door — the same structure produced charges and losses across four markets in a single week
The Gold Bar Handoff
NYPD links a familiar tech-support pretext to a new commodity at the point of collection
Eleven Guilty Pleas Later, a $65 Million Elder Fraud Ring Comes Into Focus
What a years-long San Diego prosecution reveals about how courier and mail-based scams actually operate