The Orange County Criminal Lawyer Blog
At the beginning of May, a married couple in Jensen Beach received a phone call from someone stating that they were an agent for Amazon, and they found what they believed was fraudulent activity on the 78-year-old man’s account. They additionally claimed his wife’s personal account was flagged for fraud. During the discussion, the alleged agent told the man the call was being transferred to a government agent.
According to reports, the person identified themselves as “Brian Alba,” who told the man that he had several active arrest warrants because of the situation. Alba reportedly negotiated a deal with the man, offering to keep him out of the lockup if he obtained $154,000 in gold. They said he should have his bank give him a cashier’s check to make the purchase, and once it was received, Alba would send a cashier’s check to the man in the amount of the purchase. He was instructed to wrap the gold in a box to make it look like a Christmas gift.