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Houston, Texas: Man from Ahmedabad, India pleads guilty to operating and funding fraud call centers in India
- Extradited from Singapore
- Callers impersonated IRS, US Customs and Immigration, Canada Revenue Agency and Australian tax office
- Also made fraud calls on debt collection, payday loans and government grants
- Admitted responsible for $25-65 million in losses
- 24 US-based defendants already sentenced so far
Spain arrests 40 for online extortion
- Contacted people who had been at a prostitution web site
- Demanded money, threat to have enforcers break legs or shoot them
- Used money mules to handle money
- At least 4000 victims
Agari releases new report on Ancient Turtle BEC fraud
- Fake emails ask employees to send along aging report of money owed by customers
- Then crooks email customers, impersonating the business that is owed money
- Directs them to send payment to mule bank accounts
