Boston, May 21 -- US FBI Director Kash Patel, on Thursday (local time), announced the closure of a massive scam call centre operation based in India that committed fraud on elderly Americans.

Patel added that the two accused have pled guilty in the investigation.

In a post on X, he said, "Huge story out of FBI Boston - the FBI shut down a massive scam call center operation out of India that targeted elderly victims here in America, and two executives have now pled guilty in the investigation. These people defrauded hundreds of elderly Americans out of millions using tech support scams. This FBI dismantled them."

"Senior scams are one of the most important but under-discussed issues in the country - here at the FBI we're dedicated to cr...