Nasaau Woman, 80, Victim Of Elder Scam, Told To Purchase $125,000 Of Gold: Police

MASSAPEQUA, NY — Two men were arrested for an elder scam on Thursday in Massapequa, police said.

An 80-year-old woman was contacted by an unknown man claiming to be an FBI agent. The woman was advised that she would be charged with federal crimes if she did not purchase $125,000 worth of gold and hand it over to authorities, police said.

The victim was also advised that a courier would respond to her residence to retrieve the gold.

Detectives were notified of a possible scam when the victim attempted to purchase the gold and responded to her residence to investigate, police said.

Jay Radadiya, 23, of Jersey City, while wearing a mask, responded to the victim’s residence to pick up the gold.

When detectives attempted to place him in custody, he began to run away and resisted arrest, police said.

He was arrested without any further incident.

Fenil Bambharoliya, 22, of Jersey City, was located in a nearby vehicle. He was arrested without incident, police said.

Radadiya is charged with second-degree attempted grand larceny, resisting Arrest and the county's Mask Transparency Act. Bambharoliya is charged with second-degree attempted grand larceny, police said.

They were both due to be arraigned on Friday at First District Court in Hempstead.
Anyone who may have been the victim of the two should call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-Tips.