WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) – Two men from Texas, identified as \u201cIndian nationals\u201d are accused of posing as federal law enforcement officials to defraud a Kansan. <\/p>\n
Court documents showed that 27-year-old Venkateswara Reddy Chagamreddy, 27, of San Antonia and 29-year-old Praveeen Kommana, of Frisco, were each indicted on one count of wire fraud conspiracy and one county of interference with commerce by theft. <\/p>\n
The United States Department of Justice explained that from May through September 2025, , Chagamreddy and Kommana are accused of conspiring with others to defraud a victim in Kansas. <\/p>\n
The Justice Department didn\u2019t provide an age for the fraud target but did explain that the men, members of a a conspiracy, are accused of primarily targeting retired seniors. The elaborate scam involves falsely asserting that they\u2019re with a government agency and trying to intimidate their targets, claiming that the victims\u2019 identity \u201chas been compromised in ways that could result in jail time and major financial loss.\u201d <\/p>\n
In the case involving Chagamreddy and Kommana, the Justice Department said the men posed as FBI agents and allegedly convinced their target to purchase more than $250,000 in gold and give it to them. The plan was to convince the victim that this was going to a government agency for safe keeping, the Justice Department explained. <\/p>\n
Ultimately, the objective for the alleged scammers is \u201c[to convince] victims to transfer their assets, primarily in gold, to the federal government to protect themselves against further crimes,\u201d the Justice Department said. <\/p>\n
The Justice Department advised that, \u201cThe FBI will never call, email or otherwise contact private citizens to demand payment, threaten arrest or request personal or sensitive information.\u201d <\/p>\n
You can report such fraud attempts online at tips.fbi.gov<\/a> or by calling 1-800-CALL-FBI. The agency encourages people who have been victims of internet crimes and\/or financial fraud and schemes to report via ic3.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n Copyright 2025 KWCH. All rights reserved. To report a correction or typo, please email news@kwch.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) – Two men from Texas, identified as \u201cIndian nationals\u201d are accused of posing as federal…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":99292,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[45782,45781,45787,3646,8374,45786,45783,24072,45788,45789,29830,45785,27,29,28,30915,45784,45790],"class_list":["post-99291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-2-men-from-texas-try-to-defraud-victim-from-kansas","tag-2-men-pose-as-fbi-agents","tag-compromised-identity","tag-fbi","tag-fraud","tag-gold","tag-indian-nationals-in-fraud-conspiracy","tag-justice-department","tag-kake","tag-ksn","tag-kwch","tag-praveeen-kommana","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-u-s-department-of-justice","tag-venkateswara-reddy-chagamreddy","tag-wichita-eagle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99291\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}