A scam that started with a phone call to a Norman woman has grown into a multi-state case led by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation. The caller claimed to work at her bank and said a transaction on her account was tied to child sexual abuse material, then threatened to contact authorities unless she paid in cryptocurrency. That pressure play is becoming all too familiar.
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