Fairfield Police are charging two men from New York with conspiracy to commit larceny and fraud for scamming two Fairfield residents out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Le Chen, 40, of Flushing, and Fangzeng Huang, 37, of Brooklyn, are charged.
In the first case, police say Le directed a victim to withdraw money to buy gold in June of 2025, police said. The funds were later collected by a courier. The victim lost $166,000.
In the second case, police say Fangzeng persuaded another Fairfield resident to convert gold into assets in September of 2025. People who posed as couriers picked up the money, causing a loss of $291,070.
Police say they were able to break the case through the review of surveillance, financial tracing across multiple banks, and the execution of search warrants on digital records.
Police are warning residents that scammers have been increasingly targeting older people by impersonating government agencies, financial institutions, or law enforcement.