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St. Francisville PD issue warning after theft scheme costs victim over $300k
Posted on 7/14/26 at 10:12 am
Posted on 7/14/26 at 10:12 am
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ST, FRANCISVILLE — The St. Francisville Police Department is urging the public to remain cautious of anyone claiming to be law enforcement or a government agent who asks for payments via Bitcoin, gold, silver, or other assets. Their warning comes after a resident lost around $300,000 in a theft scheme that lasted months.
In June, the St. Francisville Police Department received a complaint of theft by fraudulent means. The victim told officers that he began receiving phone calls in 2025 from someone who allegedly said they were an employee of the Attorney General’s Office and that they had an active warrant for his arrest. The caller then told the victim that he needed to remove his finances from his accounts, because the Department of Treasury would be seizing his assets, according to St. Francisville Police.
As the scheme continued, the victim said he was further instructed to transfer bitcoin and later make purchases of gold, where he would then transfer the gold to a courier. The scheme continued for several months and the victim’s reported total loss was estimated at over $300,000.
St. Francisville Police has an active warrant now for Renqing Chen of Pittsburg, California, for the following charges:
1 Count Principal to theft over $25k
1 Count Unlawful production, manufacturing, distribution, or possession of fraudulent documents for identification purposes
1 Count False personation
St. Francisville Police is asking that anyone contacted via text message, phone call, or social with similar circumstances reach out to your local, state or federal law enforcement agencies to verify that the information is legitimate. Anyone in St. Francisville who feels that they have been a victim of fraud is encouraged to contact the St. Francisville Police Department at 225-635-4177.
As a reminder, law enforcement agencies will never ask for payment via bitcoin; gold; silver or any other assets in this manner. There are groups that use all types of scams and tactics to illicit people into transferring them funds or giving out your banking information, per St. Francisville Police.
Arrest warrant issued.
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Posted on 7/14/26 at 10:16 am to Breauxsif
I would be happy to save the state some money and deal with old Chen…
Posted on 7/14/26 at 10:20 am to Spankum
Preying on the elderly. The worst of crimes.
Posted on 7/14/26 at 10:26 am to Breauxsif
Another illegal invader. Shocked I am. Are any of these millions of illegals not committing crimes or scamming the government out of massive amounts of money?
Posted on 7/14/26 at 10:31 am to Breauxsif
I don't want to victim blame, but how fricking stupid do you have to be to fall for a con artist posing as a government official and telling you to send them money in bitcoin and sending gold via courier?
And even if the victim is elderly, if they're able to figure out how to buy and transfer bitcoin then they should still be aware enough to realize that the person requesting bitcoin payments was a scammer.
And even if the victim is elderly, if they're able to figure out how to buy and transfer bitcoin then they should still be aware enough to realize that the person requesting bitcoin payments was a scammer.
Posted on 7/14/26 at 11:31 am to Breauxsif
If you answer the phone and get someone with a foreign accent it will be a fraud call. The only exception is if you have a friend with an accent.
Posted on 7/14/26 at 11:48 am to Tiger Prawn
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I don't want to victim blame, but how fricking stupid do you have to be to fall for a con artist posing as a government official and telling you to send them money in bitcoin and sending gold via courier?
This is how the shpiel went with someone I know who fell for it. He gets a virus popup on his computer. He calls the "support number." They told him we detected illegal activity on your computer. They transfer him to an "FBI agent" who says we know it wasn't you but unless you help us catch the real offender we'll have to charge you as an accessory. It could be anybody even a family member, so dont tell anyone. They hit him for about 20k before he figured out it was a scam. The guy is reasonably intelligent but when he thought he might be in trouble his brain went offline.
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And even if the victim is elderly, if they're able to figure out how to buy and transfer bitcoin then they should still be aware enough to realize that the person requesting bitcoin payments was a scammer
In the early stages of dementia your judgment can go first while the rest of your cognitive function is still intact.
Posted on 7/14/26 at 12:08 pm to Breauxsif
Hang him. 100% serious.
Posted on 7/14/26 at 12:09 pm to Breauxsif
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Renqing Chen
Asshoe
Posted on 7/14/26 at 12:21 pm to Breauxsif
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As the scheme continued, the victim said he was further instructed to transfer bitcoin and later make purchases of gold, where he would then transfer the gold to a courier. The scheme continued for several months and the victim’s reported total loss was estimated at over $300,000.
How does someone this stupid have $300k?
Posted on 7/14/26 at 12:41 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
I'm impressed by the social engineering skills that Chen has. Not just anyone can convince a person to part with 300 K.
Chen could run for Congress.
Chen could run for Congress.
Posted on 7/14/26 at 5:03 pm to blafayette
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I'm impressed by the social engineering skills that Chen has
I was part of a Y2K team in 1998 challenged with breaking into at the time one of the most secure state networks in the county. This particular state police agency spent $60 million on security. Two teams one white hackers the other social engineers. Hackers were given 3 days and couldn’t break in. Social engineers did it in 2 hours. We had a list of all their vendors. We called one of the techs and gave us access to the system with their pw in 10 minutes.
Even smart people can be stupid sometimes.
Posted on 7/14/26 at 5:13 pm to Breauxsif
Guilty
Posted on 7/14/26 at 8:02 pm to Tiger Prawn
My mother got a grandma call that her grandson was in jail, blah blah blah.
I was cleaning up her dining room and found the notes she took while on the call. They must have been on the phone a while because there was a lot of info on that page.
She never paid anything. He probably got frustrated and hung up. Don't know. Didn't witness anything.
I am retired. No voice mail. Those MFers will never reach me.
I was cleaning up her dining room and found the notes she took while on the call. They must have been on the phone a while because there was a lot of info on that page.
She never paid anything. He probably got frustrated and hung up. Don't know. Didn't witness anything.
I am retired. No voice mail. Those MFers will never reach me.
Posted on 7/14/26 at 8:10 pm to Spankum
Posted on 7/14/26 at 9:06 pm to Jim Rockford
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This is how the shpiel went with someone I know who fell for it. He gets a virus popup on his computer. He calls the "support number." They told him we detected illegal activity on your computer. They transfer him to an "FBI agent" who says we know it wasn't you but unless you help us catch the real offender we'll have to charge you as an accessory. It could be anybody even a family member, so dont tell anyone. They hit him for about 20k before he figured out it was a scam. The guy is reasonably intelligent but when he thought he might be in trouble his brain went offline.
Sounds like he’s got a questionable search history if he fell for that.
Posted on 7/14/26 at 9:45 pm to jchamil
May be. I expect a lot of people have questionable search histories.
Posted on 7/14/26 at 11:10 pm to Red Stick Tigress
quote:If you have a bank account or 401(k) account there are presently (today) shitbirds who are actively working on a way to access the institutions that have your money.
I am retired. No voice mail. Those MFers will never reach me.
China & Russia and other state-sponsored bad guys and NGO criminals.
“Never” is a big word unless you’ve cashed out everything.
This post was edited on 7/14/26 at 11:11 pm
Posted on 7/14/26 at 11:13 pm to Breauxsif
Should be automatic life in hard labor prison.
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