US Edition25 Canadians Indicted in $21 Million 'Grandparent Scam' Targeting US Seniors
- Twenty-Five Canadians are charged with defrauding American seniors of over $21 million through a "grandparent scam," according to a federal indictment unsealed on Tuesday.
- The scam involved calling elderly victims and posing as relatives in distress, which led to substantial losses, according to the indictment.
- Fifteen suspects were arrested in Canada, while two remain at large, as per the U.S. Attorney's disclosure.
- If convicted, the five main defendants could face 40 years in prison, while the others could face up to 20 years, according to U.S. Prosecutors.
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Scammers Contacted Every Adult in Canada
Canada has a population of about 40 million people. A story in Maclean's about the spread of phone scams contains the remarkable nugget that one particular scam operation managed to contact each and every adult in the country by phone, email, or in some other fashion. It was known as...
25 Canadians Arrested for Scamming Over $21 Million From Elderly Americans
Authorities have arrested 25 Canadian nationals for allegedly defrauding elderly Americans of millions of dollars in a fake bail bond scheme, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The provisional arrests, executed by Canadian law enforcement, came after the 25 individuals were indicted by a federal grand jury in Vermont for taking part in a “grandparent scam” uncovered by the ICE, the agency said in a March 5 statement. In…
$21M stolen from hundreds of US retirees in ‘grandparent scam,' prosecutors say
Twenty-five Canadian suspects are charged with bilking American elders of $21 million as part of a “grandparent scam,” according to a federal indictment unsealed Tuesday. All 25, said to have operated out of Montreal and resided there or elsewhere in the province of Quebec, were charged with wire fraud in a case alleging they were part of a tech-savvy operation that victimized hundreds of U.S. retirees, the U.S. attorney for Vermont said in a st…
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ice.gov25 Canadian nationals connected to nationwide multi-million dollar “grandparent scam” charged in Vermont
by Rich Mitchell at CDN - Burlington, Vt. – Canadian law enforcement provisionally arrested 23 Canadian nationals March 4 after they were indicted by a federal grand jury in Vermont for participation in a “grandparent scam” uncovered by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The scam allegedly defrauded elderly individuals in more than 40 states of over … Click to read the rest HERE-> 25 Canadian nationals connected to nationwide multi-millio…
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