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Chinese asylum-seeker accused of draining elderly NY woman’s $360K life savings in fake Microsoft scam

A Chinese national seeking asylum in New York City allegedly attempted to scam an elderly Buffalo-area woman out of $360,000 of her inheritance and life's savings, using an internet fraud scheme while claiming to be a "Microsoft security" representative.Didi Zou, 39, was arrested in June for conspiracy to commit money laundering and wire fraud and faced a July detention hearing where U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeremiah McCarthy ordered him to remain in custody while the federal case proceeds, The Buffalo News reported Wednesday.Attorney Jeffrey T. Bagley, an assistant federal public defender repres...