U.S. Attorney in Brooklyn assisting with Sessions’ elder fraud sweep
Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced one of the largest coordinated law enforcement sweeps for elder fraud cases in the country, one which he will rely upon the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District right here in Brooklyn.
There are more than 250 defendants expected to be involved in the sweep, people who primarily targeted the elderly across the country. In total, the elder fraud schemes are said to have caused more than $500 million in losses, according to the attorney general.
“When criminals steal the hard-earned life savings of older Americans, we will respond with all the tools at the department’s disposal — criminal prosecutions to punish offenders, civil injunctions to shut the schemes down and asset forfeiture to take back ill-gotten gains. Today is only the beginning. I have directed department prosecutors to coordinate with both domestic law enforcement partners and foreign counterparts to stop these criminals from exploiting our seniors.”