Elderly Long Islanders scammed out of $3M in scheme with gold bars, phony storage units: officials

About a dozen Long Island seniors have been scammed out of a combined $3 million by thieves who convinced them to buy gold bars — and lock them up in storage units that doesn’t exist, officials said.  Crooks posing as phony officials are cold calling Baby Boomers and tricking them into draining their savings accounts,...