Consumer Confidential: Rare victory: Ringleaders of 'sickening' IRS call scam are brought to justice
by David Lazarus, Los Angeles Times
Jul 30, 2018
4 minutes
It seems like telemarketers and phone fraudsters operate with impunity, unconcerned about getting caught, particularly if they're based overseas. That, I'm pleased to report, may be changing.
U.S. authorities recently announced that 21 ringleaders in California and seven other states have been sentenced to up to 20 years in prison for using India-based call centers to defraud thousands of Americans out of hundreds of millions of dollars.
Nearly three dozen others in the western India city of Ahmedabad have been indicted on wire fraud, money laundering and other charges.
But don't think you're in the clear.
"Unfortunately, we know that this ring isn't
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