KENT, Ohio — Two Kent State students are facing federal charges after investigators say they targeted elderly victims in New York and Ohio in an alleged fraud operation.
U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo of the Western District of New York announced that Touhedul Tuhin, 24, and Iftekhar Latif Nieon, 23, both living in Kent, have been charged with wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and money laundering and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of New York said both defendants are in the United States on student visas…