By SUE SUCHYTA
Sunday Times Newspapers
LINCOLN PARK — A 60-year-old man reported April 4 that was defrauded out of $20,000 through a California woman he communicated with on Instagram who claimed to be a financial trader.
The victim said he sent four to five Bit Coin payments to her from November 2022 through March 2023, but became suspicious when he had not heard from her in 10 days, which prompted him to file a police report.