Ahmedabad: Gujarati Miss Living in the U.S. is now playing a major role within multi-state gold bullion Fraud In one instance, swindlers pretended to be federal officers and convinced their victims to purchase gold bars which they then had them store under lock and key only to trick them off. For example, a man from Bradenton, Florida had to pay $1.5m (approximately Rs 1,252 crore) as compensation for the loss caused by the fraud.
Fraud case exposed after police arrest 42-year-old man Shweta Patel May 9th.
This ingenious scam began earlier this year when two individuals who were pretending to be federal agents knocked on the doors of their targets presenting a fake arrest warrant for some alleged financial irregularities. They then called up their “supervisor” who spoke about how better that person could have served society rather than going to jail.
According to Bradenton Police Department’s official Twitter account on X ,the “supervisor” talked with the victim daily building trust over time until he thought he was part of undercover operation . What was his aim? He had to generate significant ‘seed money’ for running the operation.
‘gujarat Women have also deceived others.”
For several weeks, these con men forced the retirement savings worth about $1.5 million dollars into gold bars. Afterward Shweta Patel, Impersonate A police officerShe allegedly went into the victim’s house took away with her his gold bars and disappeared thereafter.
Investigation traced back a car which dropped off Patel who lived in Georgia and acted as a mule in this scam. Patel however during interrogation disclosed that she was simply conveying messages from an individual she termed “the King.”
But not only that! Further investigations by Times of India reveal that Patel went even further with her deceit.She reportedly hopped state Recently parted ways with an elderly woman from North Carolina after having conned her of $25,000(approximately Rs. 20.88 lakh) through the same scam.
Sources in the investigating agencies disclosed that these offenses have been carried out by Illegal immigrant From India, mostly from Gujarat Not only Indians. Also, illegal immigrants from China are involved in this complex fraud.
