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Yorktown Police say they received a complaint from a resident who claimed they had been targeted for a phone scam on Wednesday, Sept. 25 around 3 p.m.
The caller claimed that the victim’s son was under arrest and that he would be released after a bail payment of $8,800 was made to a courier, police say.
Follow-up phone conversations with the caller arranged for the courier to receive the money from the victim at the home, according to police.
A man arrived at the victim’s residence around 7:15 p.m. and received a package intended to appear as the expected currency, police say.
The man, later identified as Marco Tulio Ramirez, 42, of Queens, was subsequently arrested and transported to Yorktown Police Department.
Ramirez was charged with third-degree attempted grand larceny, a Class E felony. He was held on $5,000 cash bail and is scheduled to appear in Yorktown Justice Court on Tuesday, Oct. 1.
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