FRANKFORT, Ky. (LEX 18) — The Franklin County Sheriff's Office has arrested two suspects in separate scamming operations that cost local residents more than $100,000 in September.

Sheriff Dwayne Depp said the investigations resulted in two successful sting operations and arrests of suspects who were preying on Franklin County senrios.

"The men and women that are assembled behind me have done a great job of doing the investigative work and making sure we take these scammers off the streets," Depp said.

In the first case, scammers posed as Federal Trade Commission agents and contacted an elderly man, telling him his accounts were under investigation. The fraudsters demanded $30,000 and instructed the victim to meet them at the end of his driveway to hand over the cash.

After the victim c

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