Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D.D.C.) was defrauded by a group claiming to be sanitation workers on Thursday, according to authorities.
Multiple people are reportedly claiming to be HVAC employees visited the representative’s house And managed to charge his credit card. Local outlets reported that the case was being investigated as gross fraud.
According to a police report, Norton paid those individuals a total of $4,362, even though no work was performed Received by NBC WashingtonFinally a friend called the credit card company to cancel the charge.
In the report, police said they were told Norton was suffering from “the early stages of dementia” and that the friend who called the police had proxy power of attorney.
“The congresswoman employs a house manager who oversees all maintenance services, so she initially assumed her staff had made the travel arrangements and provided her with a credit card for payment,” Norton’s office told NBC Washington.
“Upon notifying her home manager, who reviewed the Ring doorbell footage and confirmed that no such appointment was scheduled, the incident was immediately reported to police.”
Norton’s office did not immediately respond to The Hill’s request for comment.
