On July 15, 2025, the Sausalito Police Department in California ARRESTED 35-year-old Jasvir Singh for facilitating a Social Security scam, where:
- the scammers will send a fraudulent text message claiming a purchase was made through Apple Pay, urging their elderly victim to call a designated “suppoat” line.
- the bhenchod who answers the call will then transfer the call to coworkers posing as their victims’ bank (in this case, Wells Fargo) and the United States Federal Trade Commission
- In order to “protect” their bank account, the victim will be asked to withdraw $25,000 from their bank account and hand it off to a designated courier, or money mule.
- After the initial payment was made, the scammers will ask their victim for an additional $25,000.
Singh was charged with suspected embezzlement from an elderly person and obtaining money by false pretenses, though he has been released on a $50,000 bail pending a review by prosecutors.