A man convicted of scamming a woman out of almost half a million dollars has been sentenced to 35 years in prison. 

The Washoe County District Attorney's Office says Amit Bhanwala-Singh will be eligible for parole after 14 years.

Bhanwala-Singh had previously been found guilty of Exploitation of an Elderly Person and Attempt to Obtain Money Under False Pretense. The DA's office says he and the fraud group he worked with sent a 64-year-old woman a false Amazon text, which led the group to impersonate federal agents investigating her for money laundering. Over the course of three instances, the woman lost nearly $500,000.

The DA’s Office prosecuted the case after Reno Police Department’s Financial Crimes Unit investigated the matter in a joint operation with Truckee Police Department and the U.S. Secret Service.

(Washoe County District Attorney's Office contributed to this report.)