WASHINGTON, March 25 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:

Burlington, Vermont - The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that on March 24, 2026, Jimmy Ylimaki, 36, of Quebec, Canada, made his initial appearance in the United States District Court for the District of Vermont in connection with an indictment charging him with participating in a "grandparent scam."

Ylimaki was apprehended in Nicaragua and was removed to the United States. Ylimaki entered a plea of not guilty to the charge before United States Magistrate Judge Kevin J. Doyle, who ordered that Ylimaki be detained pending trial.

According to court record...