Tech Scam Settlement

An Indian-origin man has agreed to pay more than USD 136,000 and to a permanent ban on offering tech support services as part of a settlement with US federal authorities over allegations that he provided substantial assistance to an India-based tech support scam.

Three Indian-origin men are among a group of defendants ordered to pay over a million dollars to a federal US agency as settlement in a tech support scam that involved telemarketers based in India tricking consumers into buying unnecessary IT services.

An Indian-origin man has agreed to pay more than USD 136,000 and to a permanent ban on offering tech support services as part of a settlement with US federal authorities over allegations that he provided substantial assistance to an India-based tech support scam.

Three Indian-origin men are among a group of defendants ordered to pay over a million dollars to a federal US agency as settlement in a tech support scam that involved telemarketers based in India tricking consumers into buying unnecessary IT services.