West was found floating and unconscious behind the Hale Koa Hotel at 9 a.m. A man pretending to be a bank investigator persuaded an elderly woman to withdraw money from her account and hand it over to him last Tuesday, the latest episode of a criminal scam that has been successful here in the past. He called the victim and asked her to assist in a bank investigation of employees suspected of theft. He called a second time and she again complied with his request. Police said he may be the culprit in two similar cases targeting elderly women.
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