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Indian-American Sentenced To Jail For Defrauding Senior Citizens

Conspirators identified themselves as government agents to the victims. (Representational)Washington: An Indian-American has been sentenced to 51 months in jail by a US court for operating a fictitious social security scam targeting senior citizens throughout the country.Aakash Kalpesh Gandhi and his co-conspirators operating from call centers based in India targeted unsuspecting victims claiming that those victims would suffer financial ruin or criminal liability if they did not immediately send money to correct fictional problems often involving the victim's social security benefits.To enhance the viability of the scheme, co-conspirators fraudulently identified themselves as government agents to their unsuspecting victims, the Department of Justice said.US District Judge Marcia Crone ...