Pleasant Hill police recover $350k stolen in crypto scam

PLEASANT HILL — Police recovered $350,000 that was stolen from a woman in a cryptocurrency scam after three years of investigation, authorities said.

The money was stolen after an unknown person posing as a man targeted a 70-year-old woman and convinced her to invest her life savings into an online crypto investment scam, according to a press release sent Monday by the Pleasant Hill Police Department. The victim reported the scam in March 2022.

In the investigation, Detective Stephen...