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Two branch managers foiled an $80,000 fraud that targeted an elderly married couple who are members of the $1.8 billion Hanscom Federal Credit Union in Littleton, Mass., according to police.
Earlier this month, the couple in their mid-70s was contacted by an unknown person who claimed that they needed to transfer $80,000 to a Citizen's Bank account because of "evidence of elicit images and money laundering that was found on their computer," according to Billerica Police Chief Roy Frost. Billerica is about 20 miles northwest of Boston.
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