Charges in $308,000 Grandparent Scam in Harrison

Five people who conned $308,000 out of a 92-year-old Harrison woman face grand larceny charges, according to The Journal News.

The con they ran was the “grandparent scam” -- in which someone pretending to be a police officer calls an older person and says a young relative is in jail and needs bail money.

“The fact of the matter is that these people were very persuasive,” Harrison Police Chief Anthony Marraccini told reporter Rich Liebson.

Harrison police worked with the Westchester District Attorney’s Organized Crime Division, the Bergen County, New Jersey, District Attorney’s Office, and the Missouri City, Texas, Police Department, and arrested all five in Texas last week.

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