Scam: Woman told to pay up with bitcoin

 MINNES0TA CITY, Minn. –  A woman at the Hidden Valley trailer court fell for the missed-jury-duty scam and transferred $4,000 to a crook from a bitcoin kiosk. It began with a call that she was in trouble for missing jury duty. That was news to her, but she listened as she was told that she would be arrested. To set things right, the caller instructed the woman to go to a Kwik Trip convenience  store 30 miles away in Holmen, a LaCrosse suburb, and convert cash from her personal  bank account  to bitcoin and press the ”send” button.” The caller conveniently gave her a passcode to complete the transaction. She did as she was told. Later, suspecting having been duped, the woman  reported the fraud to a sheriff’s investigat