MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) — A 26-year-old Connecticut man is indicted after stealing thousands from elderly Wisconsinites through what’s commonly known as the Grandparent Scam.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Wisconsin says for a week in late October of 2022, Matthew Ramos-Soto and his co-conspirators phoned elderly people saying a relative had been arrested following an accident and that money for bail was needed.
Ramos-Soto and his co-conspirators allegedly traveled throughout Wisconsin to pick up cash from those targeted by impersonating attorneys or judges, and telling them their relative could face more consequences if the victim told anyone about the situation due to a “gag order”.
The indictment says Ramos-Soto and his co-conspirators garnered around $200,000 from the conspiracy.
