Arlington police are warning the public about a group selling fake gold jewelry and swindling people out of their money.

ARLINGTON, Wash ... The thieves are known to be operating particularly around Safeway, Walmart, the Pilot Travel Center, and off-ramps along the northbound Interstate 5 corridor.

Police believe organized crime groups identified by the FBI as Romanian criminal organizations are responsible for reports of scam operations in recent weeks, involving fake gold sales, staged ...