Alleged scammer gets bag of chocolate coins instead of $700K in gold after store owner gets suspicious — what tipped him off (and what you must know)

Sometimes scammers get their just desserts.

Yug B Chauhan: Indian-origin suspect caught with chocolate coins after tricking Michigan woman in $700K gold coin scam

Yug B. Chauhan was arrested after convincing a 79-year-old Michigan woman to trade her $700,000 savings for fake gold coins.
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Accused scammer gets chocolate coins instead of $700K in gold

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — After being told her Social Security funds were supporting terrorism, a widow was directed to buy $700,000 in gold — but an alert store owner intervened before crooks ...

How US police used chocolate coins to catch an Indian-origin suspect in a Rs 6.65-crore gold scam

A 79-year-old US woman was saved from losing Rs 6.65 crore in an elaborate gold scam. Police later arrested an Indian-origin suspect using a sting operation involving chocolate gold coins.
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Accused scammer gets chocolate coins, not $700,000 in gold

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Told her Social Security funds were being used to support terrorism, a widow was directed to buy $700,000 in gold — but an alert store owner intervened before crooks could ...