Indian American’s Massive Scam Exposed!

An Indian-American has pleaded guilty to charges of wire fraud in the state of Kentucky, USA. The alleged man used to run a phone scam and has made hundreds of thousands of dollars from innocent victims by scamming them posing as government officials. He ran the scheme for more than 3 years in which he duped many American citizens.

According to the police, the suspect took part in scheming many people between August 2018 and August 2021. He also had a team working for him who called the victims. The main suspect used to call the victims and tell them they are in some form of legal or financial trouble.

To get out of the trouble, he asked them to pay money which he asked them to send to random addresses where he had managed to deploy his team members. In one case, a woman from Texas was made to pay $48,000.

In another such case, a woman was told that her social security was associated with a drug related investigation. She had to send $380,000 to an address in Chicago. The scam was carried out from the Chicago area only but the pickup addresses were in Kentucky as well where he was charged. He is facing up to 20 years in imprisonment.