LONGVIEW, Wash. (AP) - Cowlitz County authorities have arrested a Las Vegas couple accused of scamming people nationwide out of $430,000.
The couple is accused of telling victims a virus would kill off all the data in their computer unless they paid them to repair it.
The Daily News reported (https://bit.ly/2xMEtA4 ) Wednesday that a Cowlitz County woman was hit badly by the scam, having lost $35,000. The County Sheriff’s Office had been investigating her losses for a year before Detective Lorenzo Gladson and Sgt. Brad Thurman obtained an extraditable warrant and traveled to Las Vegas to arrest the couple.
Thirty-nine-year-old Nerraj Kohli and his wife, 36-year-old Shweta Kohli, were taken into custody at their home and are awaiting extradition.
Chief Criminal Deputy Charlie Rosenzweig says the couple admitted they are in the United States illegally.
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Information from: The Daily News, https://www.tdn.com
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