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17 hours agoOakland man accused of serving as courier in Bay Area cash scam
A man was arrested Thursday on suspicion of serving as a courier in a cash scam that targeted Windsor residents, authorities said. Investigators said scammers posed as federal officials and told victims their bank accounts had been compromised, instructing them to withdraw cash that would then be collected by a courier. Detectives with the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office organized a sting operation and arrested 56-year-old Zhengning Chen, of Oakland, when he arrived to pick up money from one of the victims, officials said.