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Bruhaspaty Prasad
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McLean Man Sentenced To 3 Years In $1.6M In Fraud Scheme: Feds
A 33-year-old McLean man was sentenced to three years in prison earlier this month for his role in a five-year scam that bilked more than 1,300 people — mostly elderly — out of $1.6 million, the Department of Justice said. A court ruled that Bruhaspaty Prasad, 33, worked with scam artists based at a call center in India to steal money from unsuspecting victims, a U.S. Attorney said in a news release. Their alleged grift is one that anyone online has likely come across in recent years. In the scam, victims would get an unsolicited phone call or a pop-up window on a website…