Authorities believe an international phone scam ring has conned thousands of dollars from elderly people by posing as family members in distress.
Police in Bucks County say 19-year-old Christopher Mauricio was arrested after he allegedly acted as a courier for the phone scam ring, picking up a $5k check from a 93-year-old woman.
She immediately withdrew the money from her bank account and handed it over to a courier, believed to be Mauricio, who came to her house a short time later. Police were eventually able to arrest Mauricio, who they say acted as the courier in as many as 30 similar scams. Investigators believe there could be hundreds of elderly victims across Pennsylvania.
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