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Sheriff's office details fraud surge, new financial-crimes unit and concerns about public-records exploitation
Summary
Volusia County law enforcement described a sharp rise in fraud complaints, a new financial-crimes unit that is tracing cryptocurrency, and concerns that publicly available citation records are being exploited by scammers to target residents.
Sergeant Mike Anderson and other Volusia County Sheriff's Office staff told City of DeBary officials that fraud complaints are a large and growing share of property-related reports and that criminals are exploiting public records to target victims.
“It’s not me. I'm not trying to take people's money,” Sergeant Mike Anderson said, describing how scammers have impersonated law-enforcement personnel to demand payment. He urged residents that the sheriff’s…
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