Pleasant Hill police recover crypto scam victim’s life savings – NBC Bay Area
Authorities said Monday they’ve returned the majority of a Pleasant Hill woman’s life savings that were stolen in a cryptocurrency investment scheme nearly four years ago.
In March 2022, the 70-year-old victim lost $350,000 in the scam, after an online suspect convinced her to invest her lifesavings, according to Pleasant Hill police.
“Detective Stephen Vuong began tracking the cryptocurrency, and through extensive investigative efforts and with the assistance of the United States Secret Service, successfully located the majority of the victim’s funds in an online digital wallet,” police said in a news release.
Police monitored the wallet, which was inactive until September 2025. Once it became active, Vuong froze…
