Via Facebook, it looks that they finally arrested this guy:
The police on Saturday detained a 24-year-old man suspected of running a multimillion–dollar fraud from a network of Indian call centers, tricking hundreds of unwitting Americans into believing they owed money to the Internal Revenue Service.
Sagar Thakkar, known as Shaggy, was apprehended by immigration officials in Mumbai after arriving on a flight from Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, where the police said he had been living since a raid on his call centers in October. He was charged with extortion, cheating by impersonation and wire fraud, and is expected to remain in custody until April 15.
Good. I don’t care what people think of the people who fell for these scams; it’s still immoral to scam them. I hope that this dude goes away for a long, long time. Assuming that he’s guilty, of course – but he seems to be admitting it in the article; so yeah, he’s guilty.
*Yes, sorry, this one is probably due to muscle memory. IRS, not IRC.
Ummm…
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Are we *sure* this isn’t a delayed April Fools joke?
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Point the first .. “known as ‘Shaggy'” ..
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Point the second .. “IRS scammer .. held until April 15th”
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It seems .. like a setup.
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Mew
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IRC?
Should be IRS.