Reports of fraud doubled in 2021
By William Kincaid
CELINA - Some Celina residents have exhausted their savings and/or cracked open their nest eggs in pursuit of romance, extraordinary prizes or other outcomes that wind up being scams, many of which originate from overseas.
Celina Police Chief Tom Wale said in 2021, local victims were swindled out of roughly $500,000. That figure was calculated based on police reports totaling $300,000 plus one account involving a loss of $200,000 where the victim declined to file a report. [
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