A 22-year-old Indian-American youth has been sentenced to 51 months in South Carolina. It is alleged that he was conspiring to defraud by sending mail to the elderly in the US using call centers in India. The US Department of Justice has said this in an official statement.
Jill Patel of South Carolina was involved in an international fraud conspiracy from February 2020 to June 2020 to improperly target the elderly using call centers in India, said a statement from the US Attorney’s Office.
According to court documents, these call centers initially contacted victims using automated ‘robocalls’ that were recorded to create a sense of urgency with the recipients.
Jeel worked as a courier for the fraudster gang and picked up the looted cash from elderly people and sent his share to operators of call centers in the rest of India.
After initial contact with victims, the conspirators would present themselves as government officials such as FBI or DEA agents. He then asked and tricked the victims into sending money to controlled bank accounts.
Jeel Patel was hired by Bhavinkumar Sunny Patel, who operated a cell of couriers in several states, responsible for damages of over USD 3 million to over 120 victims.
Sunny (28), of Richmond, was sentenced to 10 years in prison last year for his role in the conspiracy to defraud. The statement said that during the short four-month period that Jill Patel worked for Sunny Patel, she received or attempted to re-receive 14 packages from 10 different victims, making a total of 485,020 US dollars. Dollar loss.
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