Patrick Marquelle Turner, 31, was extradited to Florida on August 24 after investigators accused him of posing as the Marion County Sheriff’s Office and coercing an elderly resident into depositing $5,600 at a crypto ATM (machine for buying or sending digital assets). The call allegedly spoofed the sheriff’s name on the victim’s caller ID and claimed he had missed jury duty and would be arrested unless he paid a fine. Detectives traced the money through eight transactions to Turner, who allegedly operated the scheme from Wheeler Correctional Facility using a contraband cellphone. He faces charges including grand theft, money laundering, defrauding someone over 65, impersonating an officer, and using a communication device to commit a felony; the charges are accusations and no conviction has been entered. Florida investigators suspect Georgia inmates and outside accomplices are operating similar impersonation schemes. Related Volusia County cases involved alleged losses of more than $79,000, $17,000 and $9,300. The FBI recorded $333.5 million in Bitcoin ATM fraud in 2025, affecting more than 10,000 victims, with older adults most affected.