{"id":60964,"date":"2025-11-26T01:39:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T01:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/60964\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T01:39:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T01:39:09","slug":"any-body-killer-gang-member-arrested-for-bank-scam-targeting-84-year-old-deputies-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/60964\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Any Body Killer\u2019 gang member arrested for bank scam targeting 84-year-old, deputies say"},"content":{"rendered":"

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. \u2014 A member of a South Florida gang was arrested at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on Monday after he was identified as the suspect in a bank scam, authorities said.<\/p>\n

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Investigators said it cost a Florida Keys senior nearly $20,000.<\/p>\n

According to the Monroe County Sheriff\u2019s Office, Sheldon Vandyke, a member of Miami\u2019s \u201cAny Body Killer\u201d \u2015 or ABK \u2015 gang, called an 84-year-old Lower Keys man in October claiming to be a Bank of America representative. <\/p>\n

Investigators said Vandyke, 26, told the man there were \u201cissues with his account\u201d and ultimately got him to provide his banking information, swindling the senior out of $19,800.<\/p>\n

MCSO spokesperson Adam Linhardt said that detectives worked with multiple banking fraud departments to pin Vandyke as the suspect. Surveillance video, he said, \u201caccessing ATMs in Miami attempting to withdraw money\u201d from accounts set up with stolen money.<\/p>\n

Linhardt said investigators with the Miami Police Department \u201cconfirmed Vandyke is a known criminal gang member with no known legitimate source of income.\u201d<\/p>\n

Broward Sheriff\u2019s Office deputies arrested Vandyke at FLL on Monday after he returned from a trip to Belize.<\/p>\n

As of Tuesday, he was being held in the BSO Main Jail awaiting extradition to the Keys, where he\u2019ll face a charge of scheme to defraud a person over 65.<\/p>\n

Officials said MCSO is \u201cworking with banking officials to recover the victim\u2019s money.\u201d<\/p>\n

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