A New York man is accused of posing as a government agent in a scam to defraud a 72-year-old Newton woman out of nearly half a million dollars, the district attorney said Tuesday.
Vishal Kumar, 23 of Queens, New York has been arraigned on charges of extortion, larceny over $250 from a person over 60 and conspiracy, Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan said in a statement.
Kumar was indicted by a Middlesex County Grand Jury on Feb. 26. At his arraignment, Kumar was ordered held in lieu of $500,000 cash bail. His next court date is April 2…