News Release
INDIANAPOLIS — A federal grand jury has charged an Illinois man impersonating an FBI agent with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and two counts of wire fraud.
According to the indictment, Abdul Mohammed, 31, of Des Plaines, Ill. and other conspirators allegedly participated in a scheme in which conspirators contacted victims, typically the elderly, and claimed to be a government agent. The conspirators falsely represented that the victims had been compromised in some way and needed to provide money to federal law enforcement for safekeeping. The conspirators instructed victims convert their savings and retirement accounts to cash or gold bars, and to provide those funds to law enforcement for “protection.”…