New York Man Charged With Stealing Half a Million Dollars Worth of Gold Bars

The man is believed to be a member of an ‘international criminal organization’ that orchestrates fraudulent schemes such as gold bar scams.

In this file photo, gold bars are stacked in a vault at the U.S. Mint, in West Point, N.Y. AP Photo/Mike Groll, File

A New York man was charged for allegedly being involved in the theft of more than $500,000 worth of gold bars from an elderly resident in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, the Ephrata Police Department said.

Zhong Ren, 44, of Brooklyn, New York, was charged on July 10 with multiple offenses, including theft by unlawful taking, criminal conspiracy of theft by deception, and impersonating a public servant.