TOLEDO, Ohio — Two men are facing federal charges, accused of targeting senior citizens across four states in a scheme that allegedly tricked victims into handing over hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and gold bars.
A federal grand jury on Feb. 19 indicted Tejas Bhupendrabhai Patel, 31, of Toledo, and Navya Umeshkumar Bhatt, 22, a citizen of India who is registered to study at the University of Toledo on an F-1 visa.
Both men are charged with money laundering conspiracy, concealment of money laundering and promotion of money laundering…