SHELBY TOWNSHIP, Mich. – The case against a man accused of scamming a Macomb County couple out of $50,000 has been turned over to the FBI.
Vedantkumar Bhupenbhai Patel, 25, was living in Toledo when police arrested him on April 30, 2025, and extradited him to Michigan.
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Patel was accused of scamming a Shelby Township couple by sending them an email that said they had fraudulent charges on their credit card for buying child pornography.
The couple said they were told to withdraw $50,000 from their bank account and give it to a man claiming to be from the Treasury Department. The scam included a warning not to tell anyone about the situation, according to authorities.
Shelby Township police named Patel a suspect in the case, accusing him of sending the $50,000 to India and trying to defraud others.
He was charged May 5, 2025, with larceny of $20,000 or more and false pretenses between $50,000 and $100,000.
On July 15, 2025, the case was dismissed at the local level because it has been turned over to the FBI.
Patel is now in FBI custody.