Frisco woman helps police catch scammer after $30k loss

Frisco woman helps police catch scammer after $30k lossAn older Frisco woman who lost $30,000 to scammers helped police catch a suspected courier after a bank manager intervened when she tried to withdraw another $22,000, according to her account to FOX 4.The woman, who was not identified, said callers claimed her identity had been used for fraudulent purchases and money laundering. One impersonated a Social Security Administration official and produced documents to persuade her to surrender money for safekeeping.After the bank manager raised concerns, she contacted Frisco police. Investigators supplied fake cash for a controlled handoff, and officers caught the courier after she delivered the package, she told Fox 4.The station linked her case to a broader international scheme. In a Sept. 4 release, the Tarrant County district attorney's office said the network had caused more than $250 million in losses to more than 200 older victims and generated more than 40 indictments.Prosecutors identified Muzamil Ahmed, 35, as a central suspect. Authorities arrested him at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport on Tarrant County warrants alleging financial abuse of the elderly, money laundering and organized criminal activity involving theft.Investigators allege Ahmed used shell companies and a Florida gold refinery to process stolen assets before converting proceeds into cryptocurrency and moving them overseas. Ahmed is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.The FBI has separately warned that government impersonators send couriers to collect cash and precious metals under false promises of protection. It urges victims to report suspected fraud promptly through its Internet Crime Complaint Center.