Is there any local news that talked about it? I will like to read from a site about it.
This is very possible.
But the reason I do not like face to face sales of bitcoin is that it can lead to physical attack. We have read on different news about different people that were physically attack all because those that attacked them know that they have bitcoin. Attack can come from anywhere, even from someone that you will not expect.
The case is presently in the hands of the anti graft agency that investigates financial crimes like this one, they are already locked up and the investigation is still ongoing, I am not sure it's going to the local news right now, and there are many cases like this happening in my country as we speak, I don't know where you are from though, sadly such news don't always go worldwide here unless its a very bigger burst like if high numbers of scammers are raided at once.