A Chinese national in the country illegally has been arrested in Alabama over a scheme aimed at defrauding a vulnerable elderly American of her life savings, a crime that has been on the increase in the U.S.
Xiahezhati Xiaokelaiti, 23, who has illegally overstayed a student visa, was arrested Friday and accused of defrauding an elderly woman out of around $400,000 over a three-week period, WEAR-TV reported.
“It’s life-changing when it happens to somebody like that,” Spanish Fort, Alabama, Police Chief John Barber told the press. “Somebody that’s in their retirement years and did so well to save this money. And here in just a matter of weeks, somebody has changed their life.”
“We have enough home-grown criminals here, and we don’t need
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