On October 16, 2025, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office in Colorado arrested 27-year-old Indian national Harish Vadla for being tied to several scams against elderly Americans, including a Social Security scam, where:
- The scammers will call their victim under the false personation of a federal agency to falsely claim they are under “criminal investigation.”
- Once remotely connected to their victim’s computer, the scammer will gain access to their bank account and demand they withdraw money from their account and hand it off to a designated courier, or money mule.
- As a mule, Vadia will also pose as a government agent.
Vadla was arrested and is awaiting extradition to Florida on charges of at-risk robbery, money laundering and conspiracy to commit theft. And given that he’s doing this shit whilst on a student visa, I HOPE HE ENJOYS GAUTMO!