MILTON, Ga. — A Milton man reported to police Feb. 1 that he was scammed out of $14,000 by callers claiming to be with the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office.
The man told police he received a call from a man identifying himself as “Sgt. Murphy” from the Sheriff’s Office, who said he had missed a federal grand jury and that there was a warrant out for his arrest.
The man said the caller told him if he paid a fine, the charges would be dropped, but that if he went to the Sheriff’s Office, he would be arrested, according to the incident report.
The man told police he was told that he had to deposit $3,500 in a Bitcoin machine at the Chevron gas station on Main Street in Alpharetta to clear the warrant and another $3,500 to clear the federal charges. He lost a total of $14,000, sending in another $7,000 after being advised the deposits didn’t go through, the report says.
The man told police he became suspicious after the alleged deputies tried to make him go to a different Bitcoin machine to deposit more money.
Police informed the man that “Sgt. Murphy” was a multi-state fraud crime that had been active for years.
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