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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Lawrence County, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in New Castle report that an online theft occurred on Saturday in Washington Township of Lawrence County. Police went to 356 George Washington Road that day and found out that seventy-three-year-old James Elliott and seventy-one-year-old Debra Elliott, both of Volant, Pennsylvania, lost $3,000 through a fraud online. This money was frauded because of a Facebook post that was fake that had to do with items that were listed for sale. The $3,000 went to the account holder who committed the fraud, and their Apple Pay. The investigation into this incident is ongoing.