Two 
nationals — Xinxing Chen and Yaolong Zhou — were arrested after attempting to scam a large sum of money from an elderly Auglaize County resident.
Chen and Zhou are being held in the Auglaize County Jail on charges of complicity to theft by deception.
Neither the victim nor the bank was named.
The Auglaize County Sheriff's Office took a report on June 16 from a County resident advising he was scammed out of a large sum of money. The victim advised he was contacted by telephone and text messages advising him that his bank was compromised and that his money was no longer safe at the bank. The suspects talked the victim into going to the bank and withdrawing a large portion of cash. Once the victim had the cash, it was arranged that someone would come by to pick it up and would later give him a cashier's check for the same amount. A suspect later came to the victim's house and took control of the cash. While this was going on, the suspects talked to the victim about other investments and was trying to arrange for another withdraw, and pick up for further cash.
At this point, family members got involved and contacted the Auglaize County Sheriff's Office. An investigation was started and communication with the suspects was still on going. The Grand Lake Task Force, FBI Lima Office and Safe Streets Task Force were requested to assist in arranging another pick up for a larger amount of cash.
The 2nd pickup was set for June 17 and 2 male subjects did arrive and were immediately arrested. A large amount of cash was located on the suspects. Also during the investigation, it was reported that both suspects are in the US on work visas from China. Both subjects were transported to the Auglaize County Corrections Center.
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nationals — Xinxing Chen and Yaolong Zhou — were arrested after attempting to scam a large sum of money from an elderly Auglaize County resident.
Chen and Zhou are being held in the Auglaize County Jail on charges of complicity to theft by deception.
Neither the victim nor the bank was named.
The Auglaize County Sheriff's Office took a report on June 16 from a County resident advising he was scammed out of a large sum of money. The victim advised he was contacted by telephone and text messages advising him that his bank was compromised and that his money was no longer safe at the bank. The suspects talked the victim into going to the bank and withdrawing a large portion of cash. Once the victim had the cash, it was arranged that someone would come by to pick it up and would later give him a cashier's check for the same amount. A suspect later came to the victim's house and took control of the cash. While this was going on, the suspects talked to the victim about other investments and was trying to arrange for another withdraw, and pick up for further cash.
At this point, family members got involved and contacted the Auglaize County Sheriff's Office. An investigation was started and communication with the suspects was still on going. The Grand Lake Task Force, FBI Lima Office and Safe Streets Task Force were requested to assist in arranging another pick up for a larger amount of cash.
The 2nd pickup was set for June 17 and 2 male subjects did arrive and were immediately arrested. A large amount of cash was located on the suspects. Also during the investigation, it was reported that both suspects are in the US on work visas from China. Both subjects were transported to the Auglaize County Corrections Center.
hometownstations.com/news/auglaize_
limaohio.com/top-stories/20