Security News in Brief: Grand Jury Indicts New York Resident in Alleged Grandparent Scam

Source: United States Department of Justice News

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Jamaica, NY, resident who allegedly took up temporary residences in New Haven, CT, and Brookline, MA, where he allegedly retrieved packages containing cash sent by individuals victimized by grandparent scams in several states, including Rhode Island, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Rhode Island on fraud and aggravated identity theft charges, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.