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The state Attorney General’s Office announced the arrest of a West Passyunk man in connection with a “Grandparent Scam.”
The purported scheme, the details of which authorities announced Aug. 7, involved the taking of at least $162,600 from 11 older adults in eight states. They detained Spencer Compas, of the 2100 block of South Etting Street, and three other individuals for the alleged plot, which they explained included the manipulation of a 77-year-old California man whom they claim the arrestees called and requested $16,600 from to help a relative to post bail and pay attorney fees for a bogus drunk-driving case.
An officer posed as a postman to deliver the money to an Olney home and busted Compas when he supposedly took the package. The 29-year-old local had not posted his $1 million bail as of press time and awaits an Aug. 21 preliminary hearing on criminal conspiracy and theft charges. Older adult attacked
To report information, call South Detectives’ tip line at 215-685-1635 or visit www.phillypolice.com/forms.
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