Indian arrested over U.S. elder fraud case

A day later, Goswami crossed into Canada. Law enforcement learned he had booked an August 18 evening flight from Toronto to Doha, Qatar, and Canadian authorities detained him at Toronto Pearson International Airport after a U.S. request for provisional arrest pending extradition.

According to the criminal complaint, the IRS Criminal Investigation Division learned in January 2026 of an internet- and telephone-based fraud scheme targeting elderly victims in the Western District of New York and elsewhere in the U.S. Perpetrators allegedly told victims their bank accounts, funds or personal information had been compromised, then persuaded them to liquidate assets into cash, gold or gift cards.

The Justice Department said conspirators used “money mules” to collect cash and gold from victims and deliver the valuables to other members of the conspiracy. Goswami allegedly acted as a “money mule” and personally collected or conspired to collect cash and gold from elderly victims in New York and New Jersey on at least nine occasions; the nine victims, aged 59 to 87, lost about $7.5 million in total. The complaint also says he opened a U.S. bank account and deposited more than $90,000 in cash between August 1, 2025, and April 6, 2026, which investigators believe matched payments for his alleged role.