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$700K Gold, Bitcoin Theft: ‘PayPal’ Poser From NJ Scams Elderly PA Man, DA Says
A slick con artist posing as a PayPal agent scammed a 74-year-old Pennsylvania man out of nearly $700,000 in gold and cryptocurrency, authorities revealed on Friday, Jan. 16.
Hirtik Hemchand Khatri, of Lawrence Township, New Jersey, pleaded guilty on Thursday, Nov. 20 to felony charges of Theft by Extortion, Theft by Unlawful Taking – Movable Property, and Criminal Use of a Communication Facility, according to Holihan.
Khatri was sentenced at a hearing before Judge Thomas M. Caffrey to 12 months, minus a day, to 36 months in prison for both theft charges, along with two years of proba…
Too Good To Be True: NJ Man Fooled Into $75K Scam Over Months, Cops Say
A $75,000 scam that spanned three months ended with an arrest in Lyndhurst, police said.
A township resident reported on Tuesday, Aug. 12, that they had fallen victim to an unsolicited scam beginning April 20, according to Chief Richard Jarvis. Over the next several months, the victim transferred money both digitally and in person, believing they were participating in an investment opportunity, Jarvis said.
Detective Michael Giangeruso was assigned to the case and identified a pattern in how the organized criminal enterprise was operating, police said. On Friday, Aug. 22, at approximately 9…
$620K In Fake Checks Found In Vehicle With NJ Plates During PA Traffic Stop: Police
A routine traffic stop in Eddystone, Pennsylvania, led to the discovery of a massive fraud operation involving hundreds of counterfeit checks worth more than $620,000, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Tuesday, March 18.
Christopher Hayman, 29, and Tyree Holmes, 33, were pulled over by Eddystone police while driving a white Volvo with temporary New Jersey plates on Thursday, March 13, according to officials.
Inside the vehicle, officers discovered approximately 200 fraudulent checks linked to scams in four states, along with stolen credit cards and fake IDs, police said. Investigator…
Authorities: Garfield PD Nabs Man Who Scammed Upstate NY Grandma Out Of Nearly $12,800
An elderly New York State woman was conned out of $7,000 in a grandparent scam -- and nearly lost $5,800 more before Garfield police grabbed a Paterson man as he collected the second payment, authorities said.
Jose A. Torres-Dejesus, 27, called the victim on Friday claiming to be her grandson, Detective Capt. Richard Uram said.
Torres-Dejesus told the woman he’d been involved in a DUI crash and needed money, Uram said.
He then gave her a phone number, saying it was his attorney, the captain said.
The woman called the number and a man who answered said she had overnight $7,000 in cash to a…
Clifton PD: Detectives Nab 'Grandson In Trouble' Scammer Who Cost Elderly Couple $17,000
An elderly couple was conned out of $17,000 by a Jersey City man who used the “grandson in trouble” scam to get them to send the money to a vacant Clifton address, said authorities who arrested him.
Eliezer Velasquez, 21, may have had accomplices, Clifton Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said Thursday.
The victims, who live in Maine, received a call last Thursday from someone posing as their grandson claiming that he’d been arrested and needed bail money immediately, Bracken said.
Complying with his directions, they sent $8,500 via FedEx to the unoccupied Clifton home – then got another call a…
Heartbreaking: Phone Scammers Steal $22,500 From 80-Year-Old Tenafly Woman
Heartless phone scammers stole $22,000 from an 80-year-old Tenafly woman by claiming her computer was hacked and her banking information was compromised, police said.
Claiming to be from “Apple technical support,” the thieves called each night for five nights, getting the woman to buy GooglePlay gift cards in $500 allotments at various stores to cover the “investigation,” Capt. Michael deMoncada said.
Once they got her to provide the numbers from one batch of cards, they told her she had to buy more, deMoncada said.
Eventually, they convinced her to buy 45 cards, he said.
It would have go…
