Two indicted in Sarasota jury duty fine scam | Your Observer
Jan 8, 2025 · Two people from Georgia face 20 years in prison after allegedly scamming a Sarasota resident out of more than $12,000 by impersonating Sarasota County Sheriff’s deputies, the U.S. Attorney’s...
Georgia inmate posed as Sarasota deputy, stole $12K from …
Jan 8, 2025 · Anthony Sanders, 28, who is incarcerated in Georgia, and his girlfriend outside the prison, Marlita Andrews, were charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The pair was accused...
Jury duty scams: Here’s what to look out for as con artists target ...
Jan 31, 2024 · Sarasota County court officials are reminding residents that neither the clerk nor comptroller, nor law enforcement employees initiate phone calls for missed jury duty. Nor will employees of either agency demand payment by phone or request personal financial information.
2 jury duty scammers accused of swindling Sarasota woman out …
Jan 9, 2025 · SARASOTA COUNTY, Fla — Federal authorities have uncovered an elaborate scam that involved a Georgia prison inmate and his accomplice who defrauded a Sarasota woman of over $12,000.
Suspected jury duty scammers arrested for bilking Sarasota …
Jan 8, 2025 · Local and federal authorities say they will never call you and demand money for missing jury duty. SARASOTA, Fla. - Two suspected scammers have been indicted and arrested for what authorities are calling "a brazen scheme perpetrated by an inmate at a …
DOJ: Sarasota woman defrauded of $12K in alleged jury duty scam …
Jan 8, 2025 · The case, Handberg said, is one of many his office hopes to prosecute after the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office uncovered a ring of schemers using the jury duty scam to get money from victims.
Sarasota victim defrauded of $12,000 in sophisticated jury duty scam
Jan 10, 2025 · A Georgia prison inmate and an accomplice are facing a federal indictment for allegedly stealing thousands of dollars from a Sarasota victim in a jury duty scam. U.S. Attorney Roger Handberg, the chief federal prosecutor in Florida’s Middle District, said the victim paid $12,000 after being contacted by a scammer pretending to be a Sarasota ...
Georgia inmate steals $12K from Sarasota woman through jury duty scam
Jan 8, 2025 · Anthony Sanders, a/k/a “Slanga” and Marlita Andrews have been charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. If convicted, Sanders and Andrews each face a maximum penalty of 20...
Jury duty scams on the rise in Sarasota, county warns
Jan 30, 2024 · Sarasota County is warning residents of a statewide surge in imposters calling residents and accusing them of missing jury duty.
DOJ warns of new scam involving jury duty summons
Jan 8, 2025 · Authorities allege Sanders, an inmate in a Georgia prison, conspired with his girlfriend, Andrews, to have her pose as a deputy from the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office over a phone call to a victim, convincing her that she missed a jury duty summons and to send approximately $12,000 to a phony "bonding transition center" via a Bitcoin ATM ...