Amid a surge in jury duty scam calls, a new investigative unit has been created in Fairfax County to tackle the problem.

Special Agents Aaron Waple and Richard Buisch are laser focused on tracking down the scammers with the new unit.

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“It’s just every week now we are getting three or four reports,” Waple said.

Victims report when the scammers call, they identify themselves using the name of actual Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office deputies. They tell the victim they’ve missed jury duty, that they have a document signed by the victim acknowledging that service and that there is a warrant for their arrest. To avoid it, the scammers tell the victims they need to pay a fine or bond.

“So the pressure, the anxiety, the stress,

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