74-year-old woman in Ocala avoided losing life savings to gold scam; Weikai Zhang, posing as courier, arrested while attempting to pick up gold.
74-year-old woman in Ocala avoided losing life savings to a scam involving a call center in Asia; scammers convinced her to empty her bank accounts to buy $500k in gold, which was supposedly safe. Weikai Zhang, posing as a courier, was arrested by police and federal agents while attempting to pick up the gold. Zhang faces multiple felony charges and is being held at Marion County detention center on a $61k bond.
July 11, 2024
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