Call Centre scam

Washington, April 15: A 43-year-old Indian in the US has pleaded guilty to illegally running a multi-million dollar Ahmedabad-based call center and defrauding individuals.

While coming to matter. Accused Bharat Kumar Patel was arrested for his role in the fraud and money-laundering scheme alongside 55 other individuals and five call centers in an indictment returned by a federal grand jury in the Southern District of Texas on October 19.

The sentencing of Patel is scheduled for July 7, 2017.

As part of the guilty plea, he has agreed to be deported to India after serving his sentence. He was earlier living in Illinois.