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Four Sonoma County residents have been arrested for their involvement in a $7.8-million money laundering and international telephone scam. Numerous victims from throughout the United States, many of whom were elderly, were contacted by call centers overseas, likely based out of India. Those victims were scammed by a variety of tricks. The victims were ultimately convinced into completing wire transfers to bank accounts being controlled by 21-year-old Alexander King Knigge in Santa Rosa. Once money was received by Knigge, he and his co-conspirators worked quickly to launder the funds out of the accounts to avoid banks freezing the funds. Knigge and three co-conspirators were arrested last month after a year long investigation.