Alleged Indian Call-Center Fraudster and IRS Imposter Arrested

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Friday, April 21, 2017
Author: 
Bruce Zagaris
Volume: 
33
Issue: 
4
Abstract: 
On April 8, 2017, Indian immigration officials arrested Sagar Thakkar, known as Shaggy, in Mumbai as he arrived on a flight from Dubai.  The 24-year-old is suspected of operating a multimillion-dollar fraud through a network of call-centers, who called Americans and posed as IRS agents and persuaded Americans to pay money which the call-center operators said they owed the IRS.