HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The Houston Police Division is in search of the 2 males who allegedly robbed a woman as she tried to deposit 1000’s of {dollars} right into a cryptocurrency kiosk.
HPD launched surveillance video of the boys from the comfort retailer on Fannin close to Grey in Midtown.
Officers stated the sufferer had been contacted by a 3rd occasion a number of days earlier than and was instructed her financial institution had been hacked, and the one method to maintain her cash secure was to transfer it to a crypto account.
Investigators stated the sufferer made a number of withdrawals, and the alleged scammers even coached her on what to say to the tellers so they would not be suspicious.
“She was doing it for the aim of repairing her home, which had been broken in the hurricane, which it wasn’t. However she is doing this for the aim of the chance that the tellers may very well be concerned in hacking their financial institution,” Jeff Brieden with HPD’s theft division stated.
While trying to deposit $19,000 on July 12, police say these males noticed the woman with the envelope and took it.
Proper now, investigators don’t consider they’re in anyway related to the suspected scammers. Should you acknowledge them, you are requested to name the police.
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