Man accused of defrauding Dartmouth woman nabbed in 'reverse sting operation'

DARTMOUTH, Mass. (WPRI) — Police have arrested a New York man accused of orchestrating a scheme that scammed a Dartmouth woman out of $86,500.

Arman Verma, 21, of Queens, New York, was taken into custody Wednesday following a successful "reverse sting operation" by detectives with the Dartmouth Police Department and a special agent from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

The investigation began last month, when the victim claimed she had been defrauded of tens of thousands of dollars through a sophisticated phone scam, according to police.

The woman told detectives that she received several phone calls from an unidentified man who claimed to work for Bank of America and Microsoft.

The man told the victim repeatedly that her bank account and computer had been compromised, and th