Detectives On Long Island Stop Scammer From Getting Almost $10K From Elderly Victim: Police

Nearly $10,000 in cash that an out-of-state elderly man mailed as part of a scam was intercepted by detectives on Long Island, police said.

Police seized nearly $10,000 in cash that had been sent to Long Island by an elderly Louisiana man as part of a cyber scam.
Photo Credit: *Suffolk County Police*

Ben Crnic

12/17/2022 1:30 p.m.

On Friday, Dec. 16 around 12:40 p.m., detectives in Suffolk County seized an envelope containing $9,800 in cash at a location in Ronkonkoma that had been mailed by an 82-year-old man from Lafayette, Louisiana as part of a cyber scam, according to Suffolk County Police.

The money was originally sent to a location in Bay Shore on Union Boulevard, police said.

The money is now being returned to the victim, and police are continuing to investigate the incident, according to authorities.

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