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Video shows Kent County sheriff's deputies converging on a suspected scam courier. Authorities say the suspect had been sent to pick up some $700,000 in gold coins from a West Michigan widow. Actually in the box an undercover detective was holding was chocolate:

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Undercover deputies from the Kent County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man in Michigan during a sting operation involving an alleged scam to defraud an elderly woman out of $700,000. The sheriff’s department was originally alerted to the alleged scam when a coin shop owner reported that a 79-year-old woman had come in seeking to convert her life savings into gold coins. Following his arrest, the scammer was detained at the Kent County jail, with a $100,000 bond and an ICE detainer in place.
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Undercover deputies from the Kent County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man in Michigan during a sting operation involving an alleged scam to defraud an elderly woman out of $700,000. The sheriff’s department was originally alerted to the alleged scam when a coin shop owner reported that a 79-year-old woman had come in seeking to convert her life savings into gold coins. Following his arrest, the scammer was detained at the Kent County jail, with a $100,000 bond and an ICE detainer in place.

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🔥🚨DEVELOPING: This Indian man who attempted to scam an elderly widow by convincing her to meet him with $700,000 in gold was met by an undercover agent with hundreds of chocolate coins in metallic gold plastic wrap in Ottawa County, Michigan. Authorities say this gold scam performed by convincing elderly people into believing their social security number has been compromised and that they need to convert their funds to gold and send them to the scammer. The one person charged, 20-year-old Yug B. Chauhan, has a home address in Elmhurst, Illinois. Chauhan is locked up in the Kent County jail with a $100,000 bond and a hold from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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🔥🚨DEVELOPING: This Indian man who attempted to scam an elderly widow by convincing her to meet him with $700,000 in gold was met by an undercover agent with hundreds of chocolate coins in metallic gold plastic wrap in Ottawa County, Michigan. Authorities say this gold scam performed by convincing elderly people into believing their social security number has been compromised and that they need to convert their funds to gold and send them to the scammer. The one person charged, 20-year-old Yug B. Chauhan, has a home address in Elmhurst, Illinois. Chauhan is locked up in the Kent County jail with a $100,000 bond and a hold from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

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