US News: Indian student in America accused of cheating an elderly woman, arrested by police:

News Topical, Digital Desk : A 21-year-old Indian student has been arrested in the US for trying to defraud a 78-year-old woman from North Carolina. He is alleged to have introduced himself as a law enforcement officer. Kishan Singh has been living in the Cincinnati area of Ohio on a student visa since 2024. The Guilford County Sheriff's Office said the victim had contacted the office.

tampering with bank accounts

She said she was receiving phone calls from people claiming to be deputies from the Guilford County Sheriff's Office, as well as from federal agents. The victim, from Stokesdale, North Carolina, was told by callers that her bank accounts had been compromised and that she was pressured to withdraw large sums of money for doing nothing.

The Guilford County Sheriff's Office said Kishan Singh was arrested when he came to pick up a package posing as a federal agent. The callers told the woman that her name was linked to criminal activity in another part of the country. Singh has been booked into the Guilford County Detention Center.