Man Accused Of Impersonating Elon Musk To Scam Older Woman Out Of $250,000
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Police say Jeffrey Moynihan, Jr., 56, convinced the 74-year-old woman to wire money to bank accounts he controlled.
A Florida man was taken into custody and accused of scamming a 74-year-old woman living in Texas out of hundreds of thousands of dollars by impersonating billionaire Elon Musk, police announced on Thursday.
Jeffrey Moynihan, Jr., a 56-year-old business owner in Florida, was charged with grand theft for allegedly tricking the woman into giving him at least $250,000, according to an arrest warrant obtained by HuffPost.
It’s unclear if Moynihan has an attorney representing him.
The woman initially befriended Moynihan in 2023 over Facebook, believing he was really Musk, and in the months that followed the two continued to communicate.
Detective Jim Curulla of the Bradenton Police Department’s Elder Fraud Unit told NBC affiliate WLEX-TV that Moynihan used information gathered from Musk’s social media accounts to guide his conversation with the woman.
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