My father met a "young woman" on Facebook. He never met her, He never even spoke to her on the phone. She managed to get him to transfer several tens of thousands of dollars to a "crypto investment" last July. He has never received any documentation of this supposed investment. I have googled this "investment company". It is in China and was formed last July. Surprise, Surprise.
I have contacted the bank that made the transfer but they were unable to give any information other than the investment company's name and account number. Is there anything else I can do to try and get the money back? Which government authorities can I report this to, even if contacting them does not result in recouping the funds?
You can report these scammers but when they are overseas there is nothing our authorities can do. The only thing you can do now is to take him to his bank and make you the primary acct holder so he doesn't have the authority to do anything like this again. If he is in stages of dimentia you need to get POA asap but if he is of sound mind he can do whatever he wants with his money.
Good luck 🙏
https://www.usa.gov/stop-scams-frauds