The Sioux Falls Police Department is citing a recent fraud case, where a victim says they lost $181,000, to warn people about potential scams.

Sgt. Aaron Benson discussed the case in the Oct. 27 police briefing, saying that a man had received a phone call from someone claiming to be with the Pakistani consulate who accused them of laundering money and being involved with Mexican cartels.

Benson said the victim received other phone calls from people claiming to be with the CIA, FBI and Interpol, and was directed to send money to a Bitcoin account — which he did until a friend told him he was being scammed.

Benson said there were no current suspects in the case, and that they wanted people to be wary of providing money via Bitcoin transactions to people claiming to be law enforcement.

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