Gold Bar Scam

Zhenyong Weng, 19, of New York, pleaded guilty Tuesday in a gold bar scam targeting an 82-year-old. According to court documents, the scam resulted in the theft of more than… Read More

Wednesday in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, the Honorable Margaret Schweitzer sentenced defendant, Ravinklejeet Mathon, 26, of Rockville, to ten years in prison suspending all but five years to… Read More

A Rockville defendant pleaded guilty to charges in the Montgomery County Circuit Court for a scheme to steal three 1-kilo gold bars from an elderly Silver Spring resident. Ranvinklejeet Mathon… Read More

A second man has been arrested as the result of a gold bar scam that attempted to coerce $779,000 worth of gold bars from a Montgomery County resident in March.… Read More

Police said an arrest was made after a 74-year-old Bethesda man was targeted in a gold bar scam in which he purchased more than $1 million in gold. Vipul J. Thakkar,… Read More

Zhenyong Weng, of Brooklyn, NY, has been arrested for allegedly targeting an 82-year-old Silver Spring woman through a government-imposter-related gold bar scam. According to court documents, Barbara Lampe fell victim… Read More