608 Defendants Charged in Theft of $2.3 Billion From 1 Million American Seniors

Some of the top schemes targeting elders involved investment, romance, government impersonation, and grandparent scams, the DOJ said.

In this photo illustration, a hacker types on a computer keyboard on May 13, 2025. Oleksii Pydsosonnii/The Epoch Times

The Department of Justice (DOJ) charged 608 defendants between July 1, 2024, and June 30, 2025, for allegedly stealing more than $2.36 billion from elderly Americans, the department said in a Nov. 17 report.

The money was stolen from more than 1 million victims, the DOJ said.