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How strike force is taking aim at elder fraud
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Sidney O. Smith Federal Building & United States Courthouse - photo by Erin Smith
A woman recently received a call from a man reporting he was her grandson, claiming he was in the Dominican Republic for a friend’s wedding and needed money. Lucky for her, her daughter is a Hall County Sheriff’s Office lieutenant who works fraud cases and she knew not to fall for it.