S. WHITEHALL TWP., Pa. – A second man has been charged in connection with a scam that led an elderly woman to buy and surrender more than a half million dollars worth of gold, the South Whitehall Township Police Department announced Wednesday.
Tianhang Zhou, 41, of New York, faces felony counts of financial exploitation of an older adult or care-dependent person, criminal use of a communication facility, theft by unlawful taking, theft by deception, receiving stolen property, conspiracy to criminal use of a communication facility, and conspiracy to commit financial exploitation of an older adult.
Authorities say Zhou traveled with Jiwan Chen, 57, from New York to Lehigh County for the purpose of picking up gold from the elderly woman who was scammed by the duo…