Posted on 11/30/2023 4:50:00 AM PST by LouAvul
TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — A group of panhandlers caught by police allegedly committed fraudulent activity in Tulsa.
According to the Tulsa Police Department, five individuals were cited for soliciting without a vest after holding up fake funeral signs of an 8-year-old boy and collecting hundreds of dollars from Tulsans.
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“They're holding signs up. The signs are saying they basically need money to raise for a funeral for a child that had died in their family. I guess in a car wreck. They're unable to prove that that’s even a fact," said Danny Bean, TPD public information officer.
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“We’ve found that they had collected, I don’t know how long they were doing it for before we were up there talking to them, but they collected around 250-300 dollars already,” said Officer Bean.
The Tulsa police department also says that they were able to prove that these panhandlers are travelers as well. From Romania to Connecticut, and now Tulsa.
They also said they have seen this tactic more often as the holidays continue.
(Excerpt) Read more at ktul.com ...
These funeral (or “needs an operation”) scammers are all over my area.
Yep!
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