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Car Full Of Fools Gold Lands Jersey City Man Trip To Fed Pen — Then Back To India Car Full Of Fools Gold Lands Jersey City Man Trip To Fed Pen — Then Back To India
Car Full Of Fools Gold Lands Jersey City Man Trip To Fed Pen — Then Back To India A New Jersey scammer whose eyes were bigger than his brain when he tried to rob an Athol woman of more than $300,000 was sentenced on Wednesday, May 24, to a year in prison, after which he'll be deported back to India authorities said.  Gaurang Contractor, 38, a citizen of India living in Jersey City, NJ, tried to trick a Central Massachusetts woman into believing he was a DEA agent and she needed to convert her life savings into gold and give it to him for safekeeping, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said.  Contractor contacted the woman in August 2022 using the alias of "Oscar…

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by Josh Lanier
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Carload Of Fool's Gold Sinks Jersey City DEA Imposter's Plan For Riches: Feds Carload Of Fool's Gold Sinks Jersey City DEA Imposter's Plan For Riches: Feds
Carload Of Fool's Gold Sinks Jersey City DEA Imposter's Plan For Riches: Feds When a Massachusetts woman contacted federal authorities to report a man claiming to be one of them and asking for $330,000 in gold bars, they came up with a plan that would turn the tables and ultimately land the Jersey City imposter in police custody. The undercover agents set up a meeting with 38-year-old Gaurang Contractor in a Texas Roadhouse parking lot, and promised told two buckets of gold waiting for him inside a car's trunk. The gold was as real as his DEA badge. Investigators said Contractor contacted the woman in August and claimed to be a DEA agent named Oscar White, autho…

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by Josh Lanier & Cecilia Levine