Cranberry Township police have charged two people with scamming someone out of $3,500 by one of them pretending to be a PNC Bank representative.

Kesyon Q. Heard, 29, of Chicago, was charged with felonies conspiracy, theft, and criminal use of a communication facility, and Amaya Green, 21, of Glenwood, Ill., was charged with felony criminal use of a communication facility and misdemeanor theft and conspiracy.

Police said on Aug. 1, 2022, a man received a text message, seemingly from PNC Bank. The text asked if the man had sent $2,500 to Truist Bank through the payment app Zelle.