Scammers Drain $20,000 From Texas Woman’s Wells Fargo Account: Report

Scammers posing as Wells Fargo and FBI officials have drained $20,000 from a 75-year-old Texas woman through a phone scheme.

Police say callers convinced the victim to send the money to fix supposed problems with her bank account, reports Coconut Creek Talk.

She obtained a $20,000 cashier’s check and deposited it into a Wells Fargo account at a Kerrville, Texas branch.

An investigation led to the arrest of 23-year-old Ariana Theresa Johnson of Coconut Creek, Florida. She faces organized fraud against a person 65 or older, grand theft from a person 65 or older and money laundering charges.

Kerr County Sheriff’s investigators traced the receiving account to Johnson and another person who shared a Coconut Creek address and forwarded the case to Coconut Creek Police.

Johnson later confirmed she shared the Wells Fargo account with her mother and that the $20,000 entered the account on May 15th.

Bank records show the funds left through multiple electronic and in-person withdrawals in the days that followed.

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