According to CBS 12 in Providence, Police arrested three people in connection with a nationwide investigation into a so-called “grandparent scam.” DetectIves received a tip late last month that numerous packages containing thousands of dollars in cash were en route to Attleboro. The address the scammers provided one of the victims was traced back to a vacant home in Attleboro. Police said within minutes of the delivery, a man later identified as 23-year-old Ransel Starlin Tavares Jiminez, pulled up and collected the package from the front doorstep. Tavares Jiminez, of Bronx, New York, was immediately taken into custody and charged with receiving stolen property and attempting to commit larceny of OVER $1,200. When the decoy package was delivered roughly an hour later, detectives saw two women pull up in front of the home. The woman who collected the package, identified by police as 55-year-old Rosa Maria Burgos Liz, was immediately taken into custody as well as the driver identified as 46-year-old Raquel Julissa Mata Liz, attempting to take off in the car. In total, detectives were able to recover roughly $19,000 in cash for the elderly victims.

Tavares Jiminez, Burgos Liz and Mata Liz all pleaded not guilty during their arraignments Wednesday.