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Key Aide Of Thane Call Centre Scam Mastermind Sagar Thakkar Arrested In Delhi
- Tuesday May 23, 2017
- Others News | Press Trust of India
A key aide of Sagar Thakkar, the alleged kingpin of the IRS scam -- which duped thousands of Americans of over USD 300 million by reaching them via call centres posing as US officials to extort money -- has been arrested from Delhi, Thane Police said today.
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Indian Caught For Multi-Million-Dollar Call Center Swindle
- Friday April 14, 2017
- Business | Press Trust of India
A 43-year-old Indian in the US has pleaded guilty for using a network of call centers to trick unwitting Americans into believing they owed money to the I.R.S.
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Callers For Dollars - Inside India's Scam Call Centres
- Wednesday November 30, 2016
- India News | Reuters
In late September, a woman in National City, California, received a voice message on her phone saying she was in trouble with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) over "tax evasion or tax fraud".
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FBI In Thane To Investigate Call Centre Scam, Homeland Security Coming Too
- Friday October 14, 2016
- India News | Written by Anant Zanane
US agency FBI has begun assisting the police in investigating a call centre scam near Mumbai that defrauded more than 6,000 Americans of millions of dollars."
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Mira Road Call Centre Con Began In August, Callers Got Double Pay, Incentives
- Friday October 7, 2016
- India News | Faisal Tandel, Mid-day.com
The Thane police, which busted an international racket being run from a Mira Road call centre that placed calls to US citizens posing as IRS officials, said several of those arrested are college dropouts or unemployed youths, who stayed in the job for the handsome salary.
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In Thane Call Centre Scam, 23 Questions That Reduced American Clients To Wrecks
- Thursday October 6, 2016
- India News | Reported by Ankita Sinha, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh
At the nine call centres in Maharashtra's Thane accused of duping thousands of Americans, training included a detailed cheat-sheet to prepare executives for the questions they would likely face. Pretending to be taxmen, these workers raked in "hundreds of crores", estimate investigators.
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Kingpin Of Mira Road Call Centre Scam Is An Indian-Origin American
- Thursday October 6, 2016
- Cities | Faisal Tandel, Mid-day.com
1.2 million Americans called up, and 6,400 cheated, of a total of Rs 3.6 crore - the largest scam in the history of US' Internal Revenue Services (IRS), as disclosed by Thane Crime Branch. The racket was being run from a call centre in Mira Road, and the mastermind is an Indian-American, pulling the strings from the US. A manhunt has been launched ...
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Key Aide Of Thane Call Centre Scam Mastermind Sagar Thakkar Arrested In Delhi
- Tuesday May 23, 2017
- Others News | Press Trust of India
A key aide of Sagar Thakkar, the alleged kingpin of the IRS scam -- which duped thousands of Americans of over USD 300 million by reaching them via call centres posing as US officials to extort money -- has been arrested from Delhi, Thane Police said today.
- www.ndtv.com
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Indian Caught For Multi-Million-Dollar Call Center Swindle
- Friday April 14, 2017
- Business | Press Trust of India
A 43-year-old Indian in the US has pleaded guilty for using a network of call centers to trick unwitting Americans into believing they owed money to the I.R.S.
- www.ndtv.com/business
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Callers For Dollars - Inside India's Scam Call Centres
- Wednesday November 30, 2016
- India News | Reuters
In late September, a woman in National City, California, received a voice message on her phone saying she was in trouble with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) over "tax evasion or tax fraud".
- www.ndtv.com
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FBI In Thane To Investigate Call Centre Scam, Homeland Security Coming Too
- Friday October 14, 2016
- India News | Written by Anant Zanane
US agency FBI has begun assisting the police in investigating a call centre scam near Mumbai that defrauded more than 6,000 Americans of millions of dollars."
- www.ndtv.com
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Mira Road Call Centre Con Began In August, Callers Got Double Pay, Incentives
- Friday October 7, 2016
- India News | Faisal Tandel, Mid-day.com
The Thane police, which busted an international racket being run from a Mira Road call centre that placed calls to US citizens posing as IRS officials, said several of those arrested are college dropouts or unemployed youths, who stayed in the job for the handsome salary.
- www.ndtv.com
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In Thane Call Centre Scam, 23 Questions That Reduced American Clients To Wrecks
- Thursday October 6, 2016
- India News | Reported by Ankita Sinha, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh
At the nine call centres in Maharashtra's Thane accused of duping thousands of Americans, training included a detailed cheat-sheet to prepare executives for the questions they would likely face. Pretending to be taxmen, these workers raked in "hundreds of crores", estimate investigators.
- www.ndtv.com
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Kingpin Of Mira Road Call Centre Scam Is An Indian-Origin American
- Thursday October 6, 2016
- Cities | Faisal Tandel, Mid-day.com
1.2 million Americans called up, and 6,400 cheated, of a total of Rs 3.6 crore - the largest scam in the history of US' Internal Revenue Services (IRS), as disclosed by Thane Crime Branch. The racket was being run from a call centre in Mira Road, and the mastermind is an Indian-American, pulling the strings from the US. A manhunt has been launched ...
- www.ndtv.com