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Florida man wanted for scamming New Jersey senior citizen
TOMS RIVER, N.J. - An arrest warrant has been issued for a Florida man who was accused of posing as an attorney and scamming a senior citizen in New Jersey out of $10,000, officials said.Juan Piedrahita, 49, of Hollywood, Florida, earlier this month called the victim and said his nephew had been arrested after a motor vehicle accident and needed money for bail, the Ocean County prosecutor said.Piedrahita then posed as a courier to collect the money in a pharmacy parking lot in Barnegat Township, officials said.The victim was contacted again and told another $10,000 was needed, authorities said. Bank staff became suspicious and questioned the victim, who then contacted his nephew and learned he had not been in an accident or arrested, the