EAST HAMPTON, Conn. (WTNH) – East Hampton Police say two New Yorkers were arrested last week after an investigation revealed they allegedly scammed an East Hampton resident out of more than $100,000 in gold.

According to police, the resident was scammed by someone who identified himself as a Homeland Security agent who claimed to be collecting a debt the victim owed, in gold.

The fraudulent agent set a time during with the gold would be picked up at the victim’s home.

While undercover at the victim’s home on the morning of April 4, the officers apprehended the suspects.

Fei Fei Jiang, 29, of Queens, New York, and Ya Lou Wang, 36, of Flushing, New York were both charged with first-degree larceny and first-degree conspiracy to commit larceny.

Neither suspect was able to post his bond- Jiang’s was $500,000 and Wang’s was $750,000. Both suspects appeared at the Middletown Superior Court on April 5, according to police.

Police said they were able to recover and return the victim’s more than $100,000 in gold.