61 charged with scamming 15000 victims through fake IRS call

61 charged with scamming 15,000 victims through fake IRS calls




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The U.S. Justice Department charged 61 people and entities on Thursday with taking part in a scam involving India-based call centers where agents impersonated Internal Revenue Service, immigration and other federal officials and demanded payments for nonexistent debts.

The scam, which had operated since 2013, targeted at least 15,000 people who lost more than $300 million. Twenty people were arrested in the United States on Thursday, while 32 individuals and five call centers in India have been charged, the department said in a statement.

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Twenty of the 24 U.S. suspects were arrested Thursday, officials said. One other is in immigration custody, arrests are pending against two more and a fourth, Jerry Norris, 46, of Oakland, Calif., is being sought by federal authorities. Thirty-two suspects were believed to be living in India, and the court documents also outlined charges against five call center operations. U.S. officials said that they would seek to prosecute the Indian suspects in the United States and that the Indian government was notified of the case after the charges were unsealed.