Fraud detectives are seeking two men who impersonated police officers to steal money from an elderly man.
Officials said the thieves may have targeted the victim, an 84-year-old resident of Grove Street.
Chattanooga Police Department spokesman Nathan Hartwig said the con men knew the victim’s name and appear to have done some research about him.
“The victim took one of the suspects to a local bank where he withdrew some of the cash from his account and gave it to the suspects and the suspects fled the scene with the cash,” Hartwig said.
The two came to the man’s home, displayed badges and said they were investigating a fraud complaint. They told the victim they needed him to withdraw cash that they could then deposit so as to trace.