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Stopping Crimes Against Macomb Seniors (SCAMS)
Coverage of Stopping Crimes Against Macomb Seniors (SCAMS) in the Nexus archive.
- Man sentenced in Macomb County $80K senior fraud scam, victim gets full restitution
A 28-year-old man was sentenced after pleading guilty to an $80,000 fraud scheme targeting a Macomb County senior, with the victim receiving full restitution. The scam involved convincing the senior to withdraw savings and hand cash to a courier posing as part of a fake bank security operation. The suspect, Guodong Wu, was identified through surveillance and linked to a similar fraud case in another Michigan jurisdiction.