U.S. Marshals captured a fugitive who they said had swindled people around the region after the marshals got a tip from a reader of the Washington Examiner while investigating another case.

Authorities were questioning a woman about a wanted figure they were seeking in Maryland. The woman told investigations she didn’t know anything about the man they were asking about — but she knew where they could find a man whose picture and story recently had appeared in the Washington Examiner.