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Three People Living in Tampa-area Indicted For Allegedly Running IRS Scam Using India-based Call Centers
Prosecutors say between 2014 and 2016, the trio worked with call centers in India to have agents pretend to be IRS officers.
Three people living in the Tampa-area are accused of conspiring with India-based call centers to run an IRS scam in the United States.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida has indicted 31-year-old Nishitkumar Patel, 27-year-old Hemalkumar Shah, and 22-year-old Sharvil Patel, all of Tampa, with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and extortion, and substantive counts of wire fraud and extortion. Nishitkumar Patel and Hemalkumar Patel are also charged with with money laundering and aggravated identity theft.