New Delhi, May 21 -- The United States authorities informed on Thursday, May 21, that they have shut down an India-based call centre operation for defrauding hundreds of elderly Americans of millions of dollars through tech support scams. The X handle of FBI Boston informed that the call centre was shut after an "years-long investigation that led to the conviction of five telemarketing fraudsters."

In a post on X, it said, "Your FBI has shut down a call center operation in India that defrauded hundreds of elderly victims here in the U.S. & abroad out of millions of dollars through tech support scams, and two senior executives who operated a business that enabled it, have just admitted to turning a blind eye to this widespread fraud."

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