MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. — A judge has sentenced a man to over six years in prison for his role in a gold bar scam where he stole hundreds of thousands from a woman in Silver Spring. Wenhui Sun, 35, is ...

SILVER SPRING, MD — A Silver Spring woman gave scammers $900,000 in gold bars, and a Brooklyn, New York, teenager pleaded guilty Tuesday in the theft. Zhenyong Weng, 19, of Brooklyn, New York, was ...

AG Dan Rayfield: 'If someone tells you to buy gold to keep your money safe, it’s a scam—full stop.' SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Oregon Department of Justice is issuing an urgent warning to Oregonians as ...

A man convicted of helping target and dupe two people over the age of 70 in Montgomery County, Maryland, by taking part in what’s known as a gold bar scam, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison.

An Eastern Oregon woman in her 60s lost $600,000 to scammers after she followed their instructions to buy gold bars and transfer their ownership to them, state officials said. Officials from the ...

A California man has been sentenced to six and a half years in prison after stealing nearly $800,000 from a woman in Montgomery County, Maryland, through a gold bar scam that authorities believe is ...

OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Arrested while trying to pick up $240,000 in gold bars from a 74-year-old, an Owings Mills man was sentenced to a year and a half in prison on Tuesday. Vipul Thakkar, 53, was also ...

The first gold bar scammer linked to an international crime ring targeting elderly residents in Maryland received a harsh sentence while making history in Montgomery County. On Monday, Dec. 11, ...

A con artist swindled a senior in Lynwood, Washington, out of $624,000 in life savings in a gold bar scam investigators suspect could be part of a larger crime ring. Fox 13 Seattle reports that ...