Federal agency warns of gold bar scam in Lancaster County
The Federal Trade Commission has issued a nationwide consumer alert following a scam in Lancaster County involving fake Federal Reserve agents and gold bars.Earlier this week, a man was arrested in Lancaster County, accused of stealing more than half a million dollars’ worth of gold bars.Zhong Ren, 44, of Brooklyn, New York, is being held in the Lancaster County Prison.Police believe he could be part of an international criminal organization.Court documents show that a woman who lived on Linda Drive in Ephrata had been told her computer was hacked.The scammers posed as agents of the Federal Reserve and told her that to protect her money and bank accounts accessed through the computer,
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