CRIMER/SCAMS
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Undercover deputies from the Kent County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man in Michigan during a sting operation targeting a scam aimed at defrauding a 79-year-old woman of $700,000. The operation began after a coin shop owner reported the woman attempting to convert her savings into gold coins, prompting deputies to intervene and impersonate her to confront the scammer. The arrested individual was detained with a $100,000 bond, though the report notes he may have been a financial transaction 'mule.'
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