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Clifton Man Seized In $13M Indian Tech Support Scam: Seniors, Small Biz Owners Among Victims Clifton Man Seized In $13M Indian Tech Support Scam: Seniors, Small Biz Owners Among Victims
Clifton Man Seized In $13M Indian Tech Support Scam: Seniors, Small Biz Owners Among Victims FBI agents seized a Clifton man in connection with an India-based $13 million tech support scam that targeted more than 7,000 victims, most of them elderly or small business owners, authorities said. Manoj Yadav, a 40-year-old Indian-American, collected an estimated $2.2 million for his services before sending the rest to an unspecified number of associates overseas, federal investigators charged. Together, the cyber-scammers “misled their numerous victims into thinking that they were a legitimate technology support company affiliated with a major software company,” U.S. Attorney Philip R. …

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by Jerry DeMarco