Scammer gets 35 years for stealing nearly $500K from Reno woman
Scammer gets 35 years for stealing nearly $500K from Reno woman
Jeffrey Meehan, Reno Gazette JournalTue, May 5, 2026 at 9:40 PM UTC
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A man convicted in a scam that stole nearly half a million dollars from a Reno-area woman has been sentenced to 35 years in prison.
Amit Bhanwala-Singh will be eligible for parole after 14 years, according to the Washoe County District Attorney’s Office.
Prosecutors said Bhanwala-Singh was previously found guilty of exploitation of an elderly person and attempted obtaining money under false pretenses.
Authorities said he was part of a fraud group that sent a 64-year-old woman a fake Amazon text message before impersonating federal agents investigating her for money laundering.
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Over three separate incidents, the woman lost nearly $500,000, prosecutors said.
The case was investigated by the Reno Police Department’s Financial Crimes Unit in a joint operation with the Truckee Police Department and the United States Secret Service.
The sentence was imposed by Washoe District Judge David Hardy.
This article originally appeared on Reno Gazette Journal: Reno scammer sentenced after stealing nearly $500K from woman
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