ROCKVILLE, Md. — A man confessed to Maryland district court to stealing over $200,000 from a Montgomery County man in a gold bar scam that authorities said was part of an international crime ring.
Ravinkle Mathon, 26, pleaded guilty to attempted theft and conspiracy to commit theft. Mathan faces a maximum of 40 years in prison and up to $50,000 in fines.
Mathan had convinced an older man over WhatsApp to exchange his life savings of $229,848 in exchange for three 1-kilo gold bars and hand the gold over to him. Mathan pretended to be a federal agent while on the phone with the victim…