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Scammer duped Californian into sending thousands of dollars to him at New Lenox Walgreens: cops

A Chicago con man duped a Californian into sending him $19,999 to the Walgreens on Nelson Road in New Lenox, police said.

After the scam Yogeshkumar Babubhai Patel pulled in May on the Long Beach, California, resident came to light, police said, the law learned of two other ruses that netted him another $65,000.

Detectives with the New Lenox Police Department obtained a warrant for Patel’s arrest Thursday. Patel, 63, was arrested the following day and booked into the Will County jail.

Patel’s bond was set at $1 million, court records show. He faces charges of continuing financial crime enterprise, theft and mail fraud.

Joe Hosey

Joe Hosey

Joe Hosey became editor of The Herald-News in 2018. As a reporter, he covered the disappearance of Stacy Peterson and criminal investigation of her husband, former Bolingbrook police Sgt. Drew Peterson. He was the 2015 Illinois Journalist of the Year and 2014 National Press Club John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award winner.