Scammer scams WA senior citizen out of $624K in gold bars

The Brief

  • Lynnwood police are warning of a scam targeting seniors
  • In this case, a 74-year-old woman was told to pull her life savings and invest it into gold bars, then hand them over to the scammer

LYNNWOOD, Wash. Lynnwood police say a 74-year-old woman converted her life savings into gold bars and handed them directly to a scammer.

Police extradited 42-year-old Zhichao Huang from Los Angeles County on Thursday night back to Washington.

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