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Dozens of Hanford residents tell council they were scammed by local money‑transfer business
Summary
During public comment more than a dozen residents described losing funds to a local money‑transfer business (named in comments as Kahita Mex/TeleMx) and asked the council to pursue administrative hearings, business‑license review and coordination with detectives; police confirmed a multi‑victim investigation is underway.
Hanford — Dozens of residents used public comment at the Dec. 2 council meeting to describe a coordinated fraud scheme tied to a local money‑transfer business and to ask the city and police for help recovering funds and preventing future losses.
Bob Ramos opened public comment by criticizing the council’s process on a separate earlier agenda item, then residents described a pattern of money transfers…
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