Scam Ring Steals $150K from Elderly, Man Extradited

0:00Police just extradited a 38-year-old man from Western Australia to Sydney, linking him to a scammering that ripped off elderly victims for. More than $150,000. The crew hit shopping centers across New South Wales between February and March, pulling off 34 reported thefts from the South Coast, too. Grafton and Sydney suburbs. These scams targeted older folks, mostly women, by having one person claim they dropped cash or a wallet, distracting them while another snatched. Their bank cards. Meanwhile, cops charged the man with 18 counts like larceny and deception, denied him bail, and they're pushing forward with strike force Danube, to track down the rest. Similar hits happened in Queensland last month, where three guys tied to a Romanian group got busted with over $20,000 seized, showing, this syndicate's reach is spreading wide. From your city, powered by AI, this is Sydney News Today, I'm Corey with The Story.