An Illinois man was found guilty for operating an India-based call center scam ring that impersonated IRS and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officials. Beginning in 2013, call center operators targeted U.S. victims who were threatened with arrest, imprisonment, fines, or deportation if they failed to pay amounts allegedly owed to the government. Victims who did pay the scammers were instructed to provide payment by purchasing reloadable debit cards or wiring money. Upon payment, the call centers would immediately turn to a network of co-conspirators in the United States to liquidate and launder the funds. Seven of the U.S. co-conspirators were also found guilty. (www.justice.gov/usao-sdtx/pr/last-us-defendant-pleads-guilty-multimillion-dollar-india-based-call-center-scam)
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