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Busted: Scammer, 71, Cons Recent Widow Out Of $100,000, Edgewater Police Charge
Her husband had just died when a widow lost $100,000 to a 71-year-old con artist from Edgewater, authorities charged.
Anna Bors was already known to police.
She has a record of arrests involving bank fraud, check kiting and thefts in Edgewater and Fort Lee and is believed to be part of an online “sweepstakes” or “lottery” scam ring, Detective Sgt. Teddy Wetklow said.
This time, Bors weaseled account information from a 75-year-old recent widow in North Carolina, Wetklow said Tuesday.
Detective Jorge Vanegas diligently worked the case, obtaining bank records as well as surveillance footage…
Police: Home Health Aide From NJ Stole $3.9K In Unauthorized Checks From Bucks Woman
A home health aide from Trenton, NJ was arrested after stealing $3,900 from a Bucks County, PA resident by writing 21 unauthorized checks to herself, authorities said.
The victim’s son-in-law notified police on Dec. 28, 2020, that he discovered a total of 21 unauthorized checks were written to J’Nai Williams, who had been working with the victim since September 2019, Upper Makefield police said.
Six of the 21 checks were authorized by the victim, but the total monetary amount of those six checks were changed without authorization, police said.
The monetary loss associated with the 21 …
