An 18-year-old from India is being held on a half-million-dollar cash bond in Dodge County after trying to scam a resident out of more than 80-thousand-dollars.
The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office says Laxit Devendra Patel is facing conspiracy charges to commit money laundering and to commit theft by false representation. The Sheriff’s Office used an undercover officer after someone saying they’re with the Federal Trade Commission called a 61-year-old Lowell resident and said they need to withdraw all of their money because their bank accounts and social security number had been compromised.
The undercover officer transferred the money to Patel and then the Sheriff’s Office arrested the suspect.
