elder fraud

Yalei Li, 38, of Rosemead, California, has been indicted in connection with a tech-support scam that targeted a 92-year-old woman in Pelham, New Hampshire, according to Attorney General John M. …

GENESEO, NY — Two Chicago residents, Mateen Mohammed (32) and Akber Mohammed (25), have been indicted by a Livingston County Grand Jury for attempting to defraud a local elderly man …

POTTSBORO, Texas (KXII) — A 27-year-old California man, Haibing Wu, was arrested in Pottsboro after authorities say he attempted to scam an 84-year-old victim by impersonating a federal agent. According …

MANCHESTER, N.H. — Two men from New York are facing felony charges after allegedly scamming an elderly Charlestown resident out of $25,000 in a fake PayPal refund scam, with plans …

NEVADA COUNTY, CA — Rushabh Rajesh Desai, 35, of San Jose, was arrested on June 20, 2025, by the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office (NCSO) for his role in an attempted …

WILL COUNTY, IL — A 29-year-old California man, identified as Liwei Deng, has been charged in connection with a $39,000 scam targeting an elderly woman in Will County, authorities announced. …

PHOENIX, Ariz. — A Jamaican man accused of running a romance scam that defrauded an 85-year-old Arizona woman out of $400,000 has been extradited to the United States to face …

A Florida man was arrested on Wednesday after traveling to Maine to carry out a classic “grandparent scam,” targeting an elderly Standish resident for $9,500. According to the Cumberland County …

Two Indian students in the United States have been sentenced to federal prison in separate but similar elder fraud schemes that cost American victims millions of dollars. Kishan Rajeshkumar Patel, …

SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Eric Anthony Olivas, 30, a money mule involved in a transnational elder fraud scheme, was sentenced last month to one year in jail and two years’ …