Illegal Immigrant Scammer Caught by Penobscot Sheriff’s Department after Extorting Money from an Elderly Hermon Resident(Maine)

Maine Wire ^ | February 17, 2025 | Seamus Othot

[Baladas]

An illegal immigrant is facing deportation after he was caught allegedly scamming an elderly woman in Hermon with an aggressive scheme involving numerous escalating demands and multiple visits to her house.

The Penobscot County Sheriff’s Department received a report on February 3 that scammers repeatedly called an elderly Hermon woman, claiming that her bank account was compromised and demanding that she withdraw the funds.

According to the department’s report, the alleged scammers initially attempted to sound professional before resorting to more aggressive demands.

The alleged scammers successfully coerced the woman into handing over a large, undisclosed amount of money in cash.

One of the alleged scammers even travelled in person to the victim’s house to collect the cash.

This particular scam was notably different from typical fraud cases, which do not often involve an in-person meeting between the scammer and the victim, the report indicated.

After the victim handed over the cash, the scammer allegedly called back and demanded even more money. This triggered her to alert authorities.

[Baladas]

don't know which country he crawled out of, but here again is some illegal driving without a license and preying on American citizens.

[posterchild]

No time to serve in prison? Will he just be given a free trip home?

[fella]

Deportation should come after a long period of hard labor.

[butterdezillion]

They better make him give all the money back, along with a penalty for pain and suffering.

Sicko.

[albie]

Sounds and looks Indian

[posterchild]

The arrest of Mayur Santosh Chaudhari, 26, by the sheriff’s department for operating a vehicle without a license...

Did the car rental company allow him to rent without a license or did someone else rent the car and let him 'borrow' it?

[EliRoom8]

Those from India are paying $5000 a piece to the smugglers getting them thru our northern border.

[katana]

An elderly lady at our church was scammed in exactly this way ... for about $50k. Her actual bank and the police were able to stop the transfers so she "only" lost about $10k. Destination of the transfers? Russia.

Her husband had passed away a couple months before all this. Which made it occur to me that this scum watch the obituaries, knowing that older surviving spouses will likely be somewhat disoriented and easier prey.

[EliRoom8]

Her husband had passed away a couple months before all this. Which made it occur to me that this scum watch the obituaries, knowing that older surviving spouses will likely be somewhat disoriented and easier prey.

Excellent insight!