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FBI exposes 'Most Wanted Fraudsters' list identifying multi-million dollar criminals
Colin McDonald, the fraud czar and assistant attorney general for the Fraud Division, details the FBI's 'Most Wanted Fraudsters' list. He emphasizes that the time for these individuals to hide in the dark is over, as their identities and alleged multi-million dollar schemes are now being exposed to the public.
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Two men accused of posing as federal agents were arrested after allegedly trying to scam an 85-year-old Washington, D.C., man into handing over more than $200,000 in gold bars, police said Friday.
The Metropolitan Police Department said Chu Lin, 50, of Fresh Meadows, New York, and Xiean Cheng, 42, of Cornelius, North Carolina, were arrested after allegedly showing up at the victim's home to collect the gold.
Both men were charged with second-degree financial fraud.
WOMAN EXPOSED RUNNING VISA FRAUD SCHEME SPANNING YEARS, POSING AS IMMIGRATION OFFICER
Police said an 85-year-old man was instructed by scammers posing as federal agents to secure money in his bank account by purchasing more than $200,000 in gold bars.(Sven Hoppe/picture alliance via Getty Images)
According to police, the scheme began July 8 when scammers contacted the victim by email and later by phone while posing as federal agents.
The scammers allegedly told the victim that funds in his bank account were "in jeopardy of being lost" unless he secured the money by purchasing gold bars and turning them over.
Believing the scheme was legitimate, the victim attempted to purchase more than $200,000 worth of gold bars before the gold dealer recognized the apparent scam and alerted him, police said.
FBI agents assisted the Metropolitan Police Department in an investigation into an alleged scheme targeting an 85-year-old man for more than $200,000 in gold bars, police said.(Yasin Ozturk /Anadolu via Getty Images)
The gold dealer then alerted MPD's Financial and Cyber Crimes Unit and the FBI, according to authorities.
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The Metropolitan Police Department said investigators worked with the FBI after a gold dealer alerted authorities to an alleged scam targeting an 85-year-old man.(Getty Images)
When Lin and Cheng later arrived at the victim's home to retrieve the gold bars, officers with MPD's Violent Crime Suppression Division arrested the alleged scammers, police said.
Michael Sinkewicz is a writer for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to michael.sinkewicz@fox.com
