A Florida man has been arrested in Arizona after allegedly travelling to collect hundreds of thousands of dollars in gold from an elderly woman caught up in a so-called “phantom hacker” fraud scheme.
59-year-old Gary Christopher from Port Saint Lucie, Florida, was taken into custody on April 10 when he reportedly arrived at a Phoenix-area home to pick up gold bullion worth about $600,000 from the victim. He has been charged with conspiracy to launder money and made his first appearance in federal court on April 13.
