Swindler Claims He's a SLP Police Officer and a Marine Stationed at Knollwood Mall

A 35-year-old St. Louis Park woman was swindled out of $1,000 by a man claiming to be a St. Louis Park police officer also serving as a marine stationed at Knollwood mall.

The woman met the man on Facebook, where they talked about her brother living in Africa, who she was trying to help move to America.

“As a marine, [I] can bring people over on flights,” the man told her.

The woman gave him $1,000 to send to her brother via Moneygram on July 23.

When her brother didn’t receive the money and the man stopped responding to her questions, she called Knollwood Mall and found out the man didn’t work there.

She kept calling the man. Once, he answered, told her to stop calling about the money and hung up. Another time, he told her that if she called police about the money, he would follow her to Africa later this year and kill her there.