Man, 22, arrested in connection with ‘Grandparents Scam’
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MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – A South Florida man is facing charges after prosecutors said he acted as a “money laundering agent for individuals perpetrating what is known as ‘the Grandparents Scam.’”
According to the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office, the scam involves someone posing as a grandchild or relative of the victim, and claiming to be out of town and in need of help, usually related to an arrest.
In some cases, the scammer pretends to be a relative’s lawyer or bail bondsman.
Prosecutors say the fake relative claims to need money for bail, hospital bills or other fictitious expenses and gives the victim instructions to deposit money into their bank account.
Miami-Dade commissioner, several police departments hold gun buyback event
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The safer communities gun buyback event took place at Ronald Book Athletic Stadium.
Residents were asked to trade in their guns for either $150 gift cards or a laptop computer.
Each gun was worth one gift card or computer.
The event was hosted by Miami-Dade Commissioner Sally Heyman, the Miami-Dade Police Department and the North Miami Police Department, in partnership with the Sunny Isles Police Department, Bal Harbour Police Department, Biscayne Park Police Department, Bay Harbour Islands Police Department, Surfside Police Department and Miami Beach Police Department.
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Devan Patel, Naples Daily News
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11:21 am UTC Feb. 6, 2021
Devan Patel, Naples Daily News
Published
11:21 am UTC Feb. 6, 2021
This story was updated on Feb. 5, 2021, to reflect that while former FDLE Commissioner Gerald Bailey’s name was on a letter stating why a Florida agency declined to punish an officer who was forced out at the Sunny Isles Police Department in 2006, the letter was sent by the then-chairman of the Probable Cause Panel of the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission.
Joseph Floyd turned Florida’s Crestview Police Department into a criminal enterprise, the judge said at his 2013 sentencing, but his willingness to break the rules didn’t start there.