Two men accused of posing as federal agents arrested after allegedly targeting 85-year-old in $200K gold scam

Two men accused of posing arsenic national agents were arrested aft allegedly trying to scam an 85-year-old Washington, D.C., antheral into handing implicit much than $200,000 successful golden bars, constabulary said Friday.

The Metropolitan Police Department said Chu Lin, 50, of Fresh Meadows, New York, and Xiean Cheng, 42, of Cornelius, North Carolina, were arrested aft allegedly showing up astatine the victim's location to cod the gold.

Both men were charged with second-degree fiscal fraud.

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Police said an 85-year-old antheral was instructed by scammers posing arsenic national agents to unafraid wealth successful his slope relationship by purchasing much than $200,000 successful golden bars. (Sven Hoppe/picture confederation via Getty Images)

According to police, the strategy began July 8 erstwhile scammers contacted the unfortunate by email and aboriginal by telephone portion posing arsenic national agents.

The scammers allegedly told the unfortunate that funds successful his slope relationship were "in jeopardy of being lost" unless helium secured the wealth by purchasing golden bars and turning them over.

Believing the strategy was legitimate, the unfortunate attempted to acquisition much than $200,000 worthy of golden bars earlier the golden trader recognized the evident scam and alerted him, constabulary said.

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FBI agents assisted the Metropolitan Police Department successful an probe into an alleged strategy targeting an 85-year-old antheral for much than $200,000 successful golden bars, constabulary said. (Photo by Yasin Ozturk /Anadolu via Getty Images)

"Thinking that the scam was legitimate, the unfortunate attempted to acquisition implicit $200,000 worthy of golden bars and was alerted by the golden trader that helium was being scammed," constabulary said.

The golden trader past alerted MPD's Financial and Cyber Crimes Unit and the FBI, according to authorities.

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The Metropolitan Police Department said investigators worked with the FBI aft a golden trader alerted authorities to an alleged scam targeting an 85-year-old man. (Getty Images)

When the alleged scammers aboriginal arrived astatine the victim's location to retrieve the golden bars, officers with MPD's Violent Crime Suppression Division arrested Lin and Cheng, constabulary said.