VIRGINIA CITY, Nev. — Storey County detectives have arrested multiple people from out-of-state in connection to a major fraud investigation in Virginia City.
Elderly residents in the Virginia City Highlands were targeted in May 2025 by fraud suspects who posed as federal agents and bank fraud investigators, according to the Storey County Sheriff’s Office.
Investigators said the suspects defrauded victims of a “substantially large amount of cash.”
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Detectives said the suspects traveled from Broward County, Florida, to victims’ addresses in Storey County, where they obtained cash and other valuable items.
Florida suspect extradited to Nevada in connection to a fraud case out of Storey County. (Credit: Storey County Sheriff’s Office)
After what the sheriff’s office described as an extensive investigation, Storey County…
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