From Patch: A West Los Angeles man pleaded guilty Wednesday to his role in a "grandparent" scam, in which often-elderly people are duped into sending money to scammers under the pretense that their loved ones are in danger. James Wesley Jackson III, 44, entered his plea in federal court in Los Angeles federal to one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office...
According to prosecutors, "scammers would contact victims throughout the United States pretending to be relatives of the victims, such as a grandchild, and pretending to be persons in contact with the victims’ relatives, such as a lawyer or law enforcement officer. The scammers would falsely claim that the victims’ relatives were in legal jeopardy or otherwise in distress, and that the victims’ relatives needed the victims to assist by sending them money."...
Full story at https://patch.com/california/santamonica/s/jltci/grandparent-scammer-admits-to-laundering-hundreds-of-thousands-from-victims-doj.
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