Man Accused of Defrauding Elderly Saratoga Co. Resident Out of $30K

Man accused of defrauding elderly Saratoga Co. resident out of $30K

MALTA, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- A Brooklyn man has been arrested after allegedly defrauding an elderly Saratoga County resident, according to New York State Police. Wei Li, 54, was charged with grand larceny and scheme to defraud. Download our WTEN+ streaming app on Roku, Fire TV and Apple TV! At about 7 p.m. on November 5, 2024, State Police received a complaint from the elderly resident, reporting that they were the victim of a scam. The subsequ…

Union City Man Indicted for Defrauding Elderly Victims of Over $1 Million

Antonio Petrosino, 60, of Union City, was arraigned July 9 in Newark federal court on charges of wire fraud and money laundering for allegedly misappropriating over $1 million from elderly and other victims, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey.Petrosino was indicted June 18 by a federal grand jury on five counts of wire fraud and one count of money laundering. He had previously been charged by complaint in Janu…

Life savings returned to elderly resident after scam

The OPP says early intervention allowed the wire transfer to be flagged as fraud and it was intercepted before the offenders could access it.