An elderly woman in Westlake was deceived into depositing thousands of dollars into a cryptocurrency ATM by a scammer. This occurred despite multiple warnings from both police and store employees.
What Happened: A 71-year-old woman was seen at a Marathon convenience store last month, continuously putting cash into a Bitcoin ATM while engaged in a phone call. Despite the store employee and police urging her to stop, believing she was falling victim to a scam, the woman continued.
Police body camera footage captured an officer warning the woman, “We deal with this all the time, stop what you’re doing, I’m telling you, …
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