Canadian authorities arrested a 21-year-old Indian national at a Toronto boarding gate after he allegedly fled across the border following charges of acting as a money mule for overseas cyberscammers, The Record reports.

Jay Sunilbharthi Goswami faces wire fraud and money laundering charges for allegedly collecting more than $7.5 million in cash and gold from elderly victims in New York and New Jersey, according to the Justice Department. Prosecutors said the scheme targeted individuals in their 70s and 80s who were tricked into emptying their bank accounts by callers posing as government officials.