Two California men face charges in connection with a large-scale elder fraud scheme police say has scammed victims of millions across Northern Nevada and California.
Reno Police say they arrested 31-year-old Amit Bhanwala-Singh of Clovis and 35-year-old Anil Kumar of Fresno after they tried to collect a fake gold package worth over $213,000 from a victim who lives in Truckee.
Police say the scam, known as “pig butchering,” targets elderly victims by impersonating federal law enforcement officials and convincing victims that their assets are under investigation. Victims are coerced into repeatedly withdrawing large sums of cash or gold and handing them off in person to fake “agents.”…