Elderly NJ man nearly scammed out of $750k in gold bars before police stepped in

Elderly NJ man nearly scammed out of $750k in gold bars before police stepped in

An international scam based out of India was thwarted by police in New Jersey, saving a 76-year-old man from handing over gold bars worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Indian man living illegally in US sentenced for $3.2 million scam targeting elderly - Indiaweekly

An Indian national, Hardik Jayantilal Patel, has been sentenced to 46 months in a US federal prison for orchestrating a multi-million dollar scam that targeted elderly American citizens. The 37-year-old, who was living illegally in the United States, played a key role in a criminal network that defrauded victims of over $3.2 million between 2019 and 2020. According to a statement from the US Attorney’s Office, Patel operated from Lexington, Kent…