In a shocking turn of events, an elderly woman in Ohio, Ann Mayers of Hamilton, was arrested for robbing a bank despite having no criminal history. On April 19th, she walked into an AurGroup Credit Union office in Fairfield Township and demanded money at gunpoint. She wore a mask to conceal her identity and left with only $500 stolen before being tracked down by the police at her home.
However, it seems that Mayers may have been the victim of an online scam herself prior to the robbery. Her family revealed that she had sent money to an unidentified person beforehand, despite potentially falling victim to fraud herself. Despite this revelation, Mayers chose to solve her problem by committing a crime instead of seeking help from those around her or reporting the scam.
Mayers is currently held in Butler County Jail and is seeking legal representation. It remains unclear how she fell victim to the scammer, but it’s clear that she made a grave mistake in attempting to solve her financial problems through illegal means.