RICHMOND, N.H (MyKeeneNow) – A New York man has been indicted on charges for his alleged role in a bank impersonation scam targeting a Richmond, New Hampshire resident.

According to a news release from Attorney General John Formella’s office, an unidentified individual purporting to be from the fraud department of a local bank called a man only identified as B.B., 77, of Richmond, to inform him that his bank account had been compromised.

The caller told B.B. that he needed to withdraw $20,000 in cash from his account and give it to a courier who would come pick it up at his home.

Wenhua Zhuo, 48, of Flushing, NY, is accused of traveling to B.B.’s home, who had a package containing about $1,500, which Zhuo believed was a substantial step toward the commission of the crime under the circumstances.

Zhuo was arrested in July, and recently indicted by a Cheshire County Grand Jury on one class A felony count of attempted theft by deception. He’s scheduled to be arraigned on November 7th.