Inside Plano, The City Podcast
Apr 14, 2026 · 27 min · 10 segments
A scam targeting her own grandfather pushed Plano resident Tejasvi Manoj to take action and ultimately earn recognition as TIME Kid of the Year. Hosts Amanda McNew and Shannah Hayley talk with Tejasvi…
Tejasvi ManojGuestJerry MintonGuestShannah HayleyHostAmanda McNewHostSo from a law enforcement perspective, we're talking about this challenge of getting people to report.
What are you seeing when victims do come forward? What's happening to them emotionally? How does law enforcement work through the process of victim's advocacy?
When they come across with us, they're usually with family members that are helping them out to understand things.
So that helps us out a lot so that we can try to backtrace where the suspects are coming from, whether they're local or overseas or in another country.
One of the biggest things that we can recommend for families is you have to support them.
We can support them on our side, letting them know that they are victims of a crime, and the persons that perpetrated this against them, they're professionals, and this is their nine-to-five job.
They're raised by families, depending on if they're from another country or not.
But they do have training courses to commit fraud against elderly people, so it's passed on from person to person.
So we try to comfort them as much as possible, let them know that they did absolutely nothing wrong, but they fell victim to a professional con man like anybody of any age from 18 on up would do.
And it almost, to them, I think a lot of them, it feels like a physical assault on them.
And a lot of times it just, it destroys their own will or ability to be themselves.
And I think one thing that's important to remind people is that you're also past your earning potential.
So it's not like this is an easily recoverable crime, too, which is probably feeding into a lot of that emotion.
So from a law enforcement perspective, we're talking about this challenge of getting people to report.
What are you seeing when victims do come forward? What's happening to them emotionally? How does law enforcement work through the process of victim's advocacy?
When they come across with us, they're usually with family members that are helping them out to understand things.
So that helps us out a lot so that we can try to backtrace where the suspects are coming from, whether they're local or overseas or in another country.
One of the biggest things that we can recommend for families is you have to support them.
We can support them on our side, letting them know that they are victims of a crime, and the persons that perpetrated this against them, they're professionals, and this is their nine-to-five job.
They're raised by families, depending on if they're from another country or not.
But they do have training courses to commit fraud against elderly people, so it's passed on from person to person.
So we try to comfort them as much as possible, let them know that they did absolutely nothing wrong, but they fell victim to a professional con man like anybody of any age from 18 on up would do.
And it almost, to them, I think a lot of them, it feels like a physical assault on them.
And a lot of times it just, it destroys their own will or ability to be themselves.
And I think one thing that's important to remind people is that you're also past your earning potential.
So it's not like this is an easily recoverable crime, too, which is probably feeding into a lot of that emotion.
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