KANSAS CITY —Law enforcement authorities investigating a scam reported good news for a victim on Wednesday.
According to Kansas City Police, someone stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from a senior citizen and detectives in the agency's Economic Crimes Section went to work. They traced a crime that began years ago.
Detectives recently found much of the money and confiscated it from the suspect’s bank.
Detectives have been able to recover and return more than $157,000 to the victim.
"This was a detailed, challenging investigation by detectives and we’re thankful the victim recouped some of their loss," KCPD reported.