NEW CASTLE, Pa. (WKBN) – While some details can’t be released just yet into a fraud investigation in New Castle, the circumstances that prompted a call Wednesday to the Allegheny County Bomb Squad were laid out by police in a social media post.
Earlier Wednesday, detectives with New Castle police were investigating a fraud case involving the transfer of money from a victim to an unknown actor under the guise of receiving a greater amount of money for the victim. Investigators believed the scheme had been going on for several months, with money being sent to the actor several different times.
While detectives were at the victim’s residence, they were informed that a safe had been sent to the victim from the actor, and the victim was led to believe that there was a lot of money in the safe, but if anyone tampered with it without the correct combination, the safe would explode…