State police at the Bethlehem barracks reported that a 54-year-old man from Northampton was targeted in a theft by disposition of funds incident that police were called to investigate at 1:35 p.m. Nov. 14.

The man, who resides on the 3700 block of Cherryville Road, Allen Township, told police he was “scammed” out of $1,700 through Bitcoin when fraudulent charges were made on his credit card.