The Franklin Reporter & Advocate Eight Villages, One Community
Two township residents reported earlier this month that they were victims of fraud totaling of $43,000.
In the first report, made December 7, a resident told police that four different people gained access to his bank account and removed $13,000 from it through wire transfers.
The resident said he believed the suspects were able to take over his computer.
In the second instance, a resident reported on December 8 that he had been conned out of money in late November.
The resident told police that he was contacted by a person calling themself “Mike Mesey” who told him that he needed to wire $30,000 to settle a debt.
The resident withdrew the money and gave it to a man described as being Asian. The man left in a black BMW with tinted windows.
