Dozens of defendants were condemn to prison on a wealth of fraud , money laundering , and conspiracy charge relating to a complex call centerscheme operating from India , the Department of Justice announced on Monday . A ring of scammers operating both in India and the U.S. coerced victims , the Department of Justice says , into transferring money to them either straight or by purchasing bank cards or iTunes gift cards , which scammers laundered into money orders . The scammers ultimately stole an “ hundreds of meg ” of dollars , agree to the agency .
In India , call centre employee posed as IRS and Immigration agents , telling victim , in particular the elderly , that they owed money and would be arrested for taxation pseud if they did n’t channel money . The callers also amaze as officers with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service and threaten expatriation if victims did n’t pay .
The DOJ says the scammer used call scripts and target lists to find their victim . They were then instructed to either wire money or buy preloaded gift card and debit card loaded with varying amounts of money untied to bank . “ offset , ” low tier scammers operating out of the US , used the depository financial institution card to corrupt money order that were then wired into fallacious bank story .
The DOJ judge 1000 of masses were target by the band . The suspect face up to 20 year in prison , and some will confront deportation after their sentences have ended . The DOJ hasa site with updated informationon the scam and urge anyone who may have been targetedto contact lens the FTC .
[ Department of Justice ]
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