Six Indian call centers accused of scamming thousands of Americans

Six Indian call centers accused of scamming thousands of Americans

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Call centers in India have been indicted for their alleged role in defrauding thousands of American consumers by making tens of millions of bogus phone calls. This was accomplished through the use of approximately 60 servers in the state of Florida, which contained more than 130,000 recordings of scam calls.

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Call centers in India have been indicted for their alleged role in defrauding thousands of American consumers by making tens of millions of bogus phone calls, according to the indictment.

According to the charges, the defendants and their respective call centers conspired with the previously indicted VoIP provider E Sampark and its director, Gaurav Gupta, in order to forward the calls to American citizens, according to the court documents. Manu Chawla, Sushil Sachdeva, Nitin Kumar Wadwani, Swarndeep Singh, Dinesh Manohar Sachdev, and Gaje Singh Rathore are among those accused of committing the crime.

According to a press release from the United States Justice Department, "criminal India-based call centers are utilizing scams such as Social Security and IRS impersonation, as well as loan fraud, to defraud the elderly in the United States."

This was accomplished through the use of approximately 60 servers in the state of Florida, which contained more than 130,000 recordings of scam calls, which were maintained by E Sampark and Gupta's company from May 2015 to June 2020. This indictment was issued against E Sampark and Gupta in November of 2020, according to court documents.

Victims were threatened with arrest and fines if they did not send money to the callers, who pretended to be IRS agents in an attempt to coerce them into sending money. The ill-gotten gains were concealed through the use of an international fraud network.

The fraudsters used intimidation tactics and posed as federal agents to trick victims into sending money to them using their Social Security number (SSN). This was a small part of a larger Social Security fraud operation.

The scammers pretended to be loan officers from legitimate lending institutions, and they convinced the victims that they were eligible for fictitious loans in exchange for "upfront fees" that they would never receive in the first place.

In a statement, U.S. Attorney Kurt Erskine stated that "scam robocalls cause emotional and financial devastation to their victims, particularly our most vulnerable and elderly populations." According to reports, "These India-based call centers allegedly scared and stole money from victims, including their entire life savings," according to the reports.