OLYMPIA, Wash. — Centralia police said a woman recently lost more than $1,400 to a scammer posing as a sheriff’s deputy who convinced her to deposit cash into a cryptocurrency kiosk — the latest in a wave of fraud schemes targeting older adults and prompting renewed calls for state legislation.

The scam mirrors a pattern seen across Washington state.

An Olympia-area woman in her 70s lost more than $15,000 in cash last year after receiving texts claiming she owed money for missing jury duty.