On Monday, Dec. 11, Circuit Court Judge Margaret Schweitzer sentenced 26-year-old Ravinklejeet Mathon, of Rockville, to 10 years in prison, suspending all but five years, followed by five years of probation, well above the suggested guidelines for sentencing.
Mathon was arrested in May after picking up the gold bars under the guise of being a courier.
The elderly victim, manipulated into believing his identity was stolen and his savings were at risk, was instructed to buy the gold bars and surrender them to someone posing as a federal agent…