Elderlies in US duped of millions of dollars: FBI shuts down call centre in India
(Illustration: AI-generated/Gemini)The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has shut down operations of a call centre in India, alleging that it defrauded hundreds of elderlies in the United States and other countries, siphoning off millions of dollars through the tech support scams. Two senior executives who operated “a business that enabled it” have admitted to not keeping an eye on the call centre and its alleged malpractices, the FBI said in a post on X. 🚨#BREAKING: #YourFBI has shut down a call center operation in India that defrauded hundreds of elderly victims here in the U.S. & abroad out of millions of dollars through tech support scams, & two senior executives who operated a business that enabled it, have just admitted to… pic.twitter.com/zlSWOspKQ7 — FBI Boston (@FBIBoston) May 20, 2026 The developments come after an investigation by FBI Boston led to “arrests and convictions of a former employee of their call routing company, and five India-based telemarketing fraudsters”,
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