# Fake federal agents push seniors to turn savings into gold bars for couriers to collect

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/fake-federal-agents-push-seniors-to-turn-savings-into-gold-bars-for-couriers-to-collect/
- Published: 2026-11-09T11:00:12+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-09T12:40:57+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/us/fake-federal-agents-push-seniors-turn-savings-gold-bars-couriers-collect
- Topics: Culture, Food, World

## Key points

- Fake agents are using gold couriers to target older people.
- A Wyoming woman handed over about $131,000 in gold.
- Police caught couriers in Wyoming and Wisconsin.

## Summary

Scammers posing as federal agents have persuaded older people in several US states to turn savings into gold bars, then sent couriers to collect them. The cases show how fraudsters combine online or phone deception with in-person handovers, and how victims can be coached to distrust anyone who might intervene.

In Laramie, Wyoming, an elderly woman handed over about $131,000 in gold after being urged to buy $460,000 worth; police and a coin dealer staged a fake purchase to help catch a courier, Jithin Sunny, who faces a felony theft charge. In Wisconsin, a victim was told a computer pop-up meant her savings were at risk and was instructed to buy gold; authorities arrested Dhavalkumar Dashrathgiri Bava, accused of conspiring to steal more than $100,000. The FBI describes the scheme as a sophisticated, multi-layer scam, while a cybercrime expert said organised criminal gangs operate it.

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