2 Chinese nationals accused of scamming elderly Ogdensburg woman out of $50K

OGDENSBURG, New York (WWNY) – Ogdensburg police arrested two Chinese nationals Thursday for allegedly scamming an elderly woman out of $50,000.

Chun Yan, 42, of Brooklyn, and Cunjian Chen, 46, of Flushing, New York, were charged with grand larceny, attempted grand larceny and conspiracy.

According to police Lt. Jarret LeClair, people posing as the Federal Trade Commission told the woman, who is in her 80s, that she owed the agency money…

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