Man arrested after woman lost $1.9M in Coral Gables gold fraud scheme, cops say

A man has been arrested in connection with a fraud scheme in Coral Gables that swindled a woman out of nearly $2 million worth of gold bars and coins, authorities said.

Sumit Bahadur Pandey, 24, is facing charges including grand theft, organized scheme to defraud, unlawful use of a two-way communication device, and falsely impersonating an officer during the commission of a felony, an arrest warrant said.

According to the warrant, Pandey had been arrested during a fraud investigation in Carroll County, Arkansas, and at the time of his arrest, investigators found a phone on him…

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