LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Three people are accused of stealing large amounts of money from Las Vegas-area bank accounts as part of a phishing scheme involving text messages, the 8 News Now Investigators have learned.
Las Vegas Metro police arrested Jazzmin Dotson, 26, on Aug. 18 on a warrant for a theft charge, records said. Two other people also appear to be connected to the case and face a similar theft charge.
In February 2023, Silver State Schools Credit Union began to identify several incidents of unauthorized transfers and fraud, documents said. In each case, a bad actor would access a person’s account and then transfer the money to another. A person would then withdraw the money at a bank branch, ATM, or casino…