A federal grand jury in Boston on Wednesday indicted a Georgia man for his alleged role in a multimillion-dollar lottery scam that targeted elderly people in Massachusetts and elsewhere, according to US Attorney Andrew E. Lelling’s office and court records.

Peter Anthony Chin Jr., 34, was indicted on one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, Lelling’s office said in a statement. An arraignment date hasn’t been set. His public defender declined to comment.

Prosecutors allege Chin was part of a scheme that targeted people who ranged in age from approximately 69 to 90 between 2012 and 2017, including a 72-year-old Taunton man who got fleeced to the tune of $93,633.33 in 2013, according to filings and Lelling’s office.

“The victims were informed via phone, email and mail that they had won millions of dollars in a lottery, but that they had to pay the taxes on their purported winnings before the funds could be released,’’ the statement said. “Chin’s co-conspirators directed the victims to mail or wire funds to Chin or to his associates. Chin kept a portion of the funds for himself and then distributed the rest as directed by his co-conspirators, including sending significant amounts to Jamaica.’’

Multiple victims across the United States have lost at least $2 million, according to an affidavit filed in the case in February.

A co-conspirator, Wilder Vladimir Merelan, was convicted in US District Court in Boston in 2016 of wire and mail fraud conspiracy for serving as the “U.S. conduit of more than $800,000 in fraudulent lottery proceeds from victims in the U.S. to co-conspirators in the United States and in Jamaica,’’ the affidavit said.

Merelan, 31, was sentenced to 51 months in prison and ordered to pay $733,998.99 in restitution, court records show. He’s serving his time in New Jersey and slated for release in June of 2020, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

Prosecutors said in a court filing in Merelan’s case that the consequences for the victims were severe.

“One victim’s son reported that because of this scheme, which ensnared his 90+ year old father and his handicapped mother, the family had to take various protective steps in response, resulting in diminished responsibility and control for his father over his own life,’’ the filing said. “His father had to be moved into an assisted living facility because the family was concerned that someone might go to the father’s home and hurt him, the family took over his finances, and the father lost a measure of his ‘freedom.’ ’’

Merelan’s lawyer, Brian J. Griffin, had requested a 30-month sentence for his client.

“From the outset of this case Vladimir has expressed to his loved ones . . . how truly sorry he is and how he hopes to one day truly make up for the pain he has caused people so undeserving of it,’’ Griffin wrote in his sentencing memorandum.

Travis Andersen can be reached at travis.andersen@globe.com.