Charges filed after Lamar man scammed out of $150k

A man from Lamar was scammed out of $150,000 and now a man from Edmond, Oklahoma, is facing four counts of financial exploitation of an elderly person charges.

Court documents allege that the scammer, 26-year-old Ravi Amanaganti, claimed he was from the Federal Trade Commission and that the Lamar man’s bank account was compromised.

Over the course of two and a half weeks, Amanaganti asked the man to withdraw tens of thousands of dollars or else ALL of his money would be lost or stolen.