India, Dec. 8 -- A 25-year-old Indian man residing in the US on a student visa has been accused of defrauding senior citizens in Rhode Island. Samyag Uday Doshi, who purported to be a student at Massachusetts University, was apprehended on November 17 while attempting to collect cash from an elderly individual who had been deceived into thinking that he needed to pay this sum to federal agents to evade investigations, according to the Boston Globe.

Over the course of several weeks, the victim reportedly surrendered $54,000 in cash to individuals associated with the scam - with efforts amounting to over $385,000, which included inquiries regarding the acquisition of gold bars, as per the US-based outlet.

Doshi informed the authorities th...