22-year-old arrested in Palmer Township after $47,415 FTC impersonation scam
Police say a 22-year-old man posing as an FTC investigator convinced a woman to pay $47,415 in a phone scam and was arrested when he arrived to collect more money.
Palmer Township police allege that a person identifying himself as a Chief Investigative Officer with the Federal Trade Commission threatened a female victim with criminal charges and obtained $47,415 from her on two dates; investigators confirmed the requests were fraudulent. On August 25, 2026 at about 12:55 PM officers took 22-year-old Ajitpal Singh into custody without incident when he arrived to collect additional money; he was processed at the Palmer Township Police Department and later arraigned by Magisterial District Justice Corpora. Singh faces one count each of theft by deception (F3), criminal conspiracy to commit theft by deception (F3), criminal use of a communication facility (F3) and possessing an instrument of crime (M1), and was committed to the Northampton County Prison on $150,000 bail.