Three separate indictments involving Ghanaian nationals have been unsealed in the United States as part of a major federal crackdown on transnational romance fraud schemes targeting elderly Americans. The U.S. …
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WAPAKONETA, Ohio — Two Chinese nationals, Xinxing Chen, 32, and Yaolong Zhou, 37, are in custody at the Auglaize County jail after allegedly scamming an elderly resident out of a …
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Miteshkumar Chaudhari Arrested in Rusk County Elder Fraud Case
RUSK COUNTY, Wis. (WEAU) — Authorities have taken a suspect into custody following an investigation into a scam targeting an elderly resident in rural Sheldon, Rusk County. The Rusk County …
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STANDISH, Maine — A Florida man was arrested Wednesday for allegedly carrying out a “grandparent scam” that defrauded an elderly Standish woman of $9,500, according to the Cumberland County Sheriff’s …
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DAVENPORT, IA — A Davenport man, Jeremy Paul Thompson, 54, has been arrested and charged with financial exploitation of an older individual, a Class B felony, for allegedly misappropriating over …
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SPANISH FORT, Ala. (WKRG) – A retired educator in her late 70s has lost more than $400,000 in an elaborate scam, where she believed she was assisting the U.S. government …
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MORRISTOWN, Tenn. (WVLT) – A man accused of working for an international scam ring has been arrested in Hamblen County after attempting to defraud a local resident out of $75,000 …
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UNITY, PA – Two men from New York will soon be paroled after pleading guilty to swindling an 84-year-old woman from Unity Township, Pennsylvania, in a fake $5 million lottery …
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TAMPA, FL — A 33-year-old New Jersey man, Pranav Patel, was sentenced to six years in federal prison on Tuesday for his role as a “money mule” in a nationwide …
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(KRON) — SONOMA COUNTY, Calif. — A San Leandro man was arrested after allegedly attempting to scam an elderly woman out of $30,000, according to the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office …