Indian man sentenced to 15.5 years in prison for gold scam in US, picked 16 gold bars from elderly victims

Syed M Makki, a 38-year-old Indian man in Illinois, has been sentenced to 15.5 years in prison without parole for taking part in gold scam targeting elderly victims. Gold scams are widespread in the US where scamsters convince senior citizens that they have to buy gold with their savings and hand that over to the government, as their assets are not safe in the bank.

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