Police: Fremont medical professional scammed out of more than $2 million

FREMONT Scammers claiming to be federal and state agents fleeced a man out of more than million over a year after falsely telling him he was being investigated for money laundering and drug trafficking personnel declared No arrests have been released in the situation which was broadcasted to police Sept Because the study is still ongoing only a few details about the occurrence have been disclosed Police declared the victim is a -year-old man who is a working healthcare professional whose funds were in outlay and bank accounts The man reported police the scam began in April when he was contacted by telephone and text messages from people claiming to be investigators with the FBI IRS and Medicinal Board of California They accused him of being involved in money laundering and drug trafficking police stated He reported he was advised his assets were being confiscated and the caller convinced him to move them into an external wallet in the form of cryptocurrency police declared He was assured the funds were being kept in a safe custody account owned by the FBI and that the funds would be returned once his occurrence was settled police noted Between April and May the man communicated making transactions into the safe custody account of more than million in fund transfers and cryptocurrency purchases police commented Related Articles East Bay murder suspect issued from jail in stabbing cover up incident Vigilant girl thwarts East Bay home invasion robbery Oakland man charged with firing shots in anger after salesman came to his door Instagram video of East Bay man shooting gun in the air leads to police raid Two groups of strangers met at SF nightclub Hours later one was shot to death in East Oakland Police have not revealed if the man ever literally met personally with the individuals or saw their faces through a video call When the man reached out to the actual agencies directly he discovered there were no cases against him police commented The phone numbers the scammers were using turned out to be disconnected Police have not declared what prompted the man to eventually reach out to the different agencies The federal agencies who were impersonated by the scammers could not be reached because of the federal regime shutdown The curative board disclosed its complaint and probe records are confidential and declined to elaborate further Staff writer Kyle Martin contributed to this statement