A man is in jail after allegedly scamming a Yuma resident out of $25,000.

According to the Yuma County Sheriff's Office, deputies received a report from a Yuma financial institution that one of their clients had been the victim of a phone scam. The victim told deputies that on October 9th he received a call from someone claiming to be a representative of the bank and falsely stating that the victim's account had been compromised. The scammer told the victim to transfer funds through bitcoin and provide an additional cash payment to an unknown individual. This resulted in the victim losing $25,000. On Tuesday, October 14, 2025, the victim was again contacted by the same scammer who requested an additional $50,000 in cash. The victim immediately notified the Yuma Sheriff's Office and deputies, working with the local bank, arranged a dummy cash drop to catch the suspect. When the suspect, identified as Edward Ho, 37, of Pomona, California, arrived to collect the cash, he was arrested without incident. Ho was booked into Yuma County Detention center and charged with Criminal Impersonation, Attempted Theft, and Fraudulent Schemes. The case remains under investigation.