Sheriff: Georgia man scammed elderly victim out of $20K
By FOX 5 Digital Team
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Kuldip Patel is charged with two felonies. (Spalding County Sheriff s Office)
SPALDING COUNTY, Ga. - Spalding County deputies have arrested a Griffin, Georgia man charged with trying to scam an elderly woman out of thousands of dollars.
Tuesday, deputies arrested 23-year-old Kuldip Patel at an apartment on the 3,100 block of Macon Road in Griffin.
Officials say they began the investigation into Patel after being contacted by investigators in Germantown, Wisconsin.
According to deputies, the elderly victim mailed $20,000 in cash to the apartment after she fell victim to a phone scam.