A man who police say stole almost $20,000 from an elderly couple, is accused of tricking a rideshare driver into picking up the money from the victims as part of the "grandparent scam," according to investigators.
James Elmore, who drives for Lyft, got an alert earlier this month to pick up a package at a home in southwest Miami-Dade. He said an elderly couple at the house asked him to come inside and talk with a man on the phone.
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