Tech support scams prosecutions

·       Texas man arrested for allegedly stealing over $600,000 from elderly victims to send to India.

Consumer Finance Protection Bureau bans BrightSpeed Solutions and former CEO for role in supporting telemarking scams.

Indian Police arrest five men for alleged scam that stole $625,000 from elderly US citizens.

5 booked for siphoning off US citizen's retirement funds by posing as Microsoft tech support.

A federal grand jury indicted two Californians for their alleged roles in a tech support scam. The two supposedly stole millions as a part of the scam, including from one victim that completely liquidated their retirement accounts worth almost $1.3 million.

Authorities arrested a Florida man for allegedly stealing thousands from elderly victims as a part of tech support scams. More than a dozen victims, all above the age of 60, received pop-up notifications on their computers that claimed their devices were locked. A phone number was provided to unlock their computers, and the scammer then convinced victims to send thousands in an effort to regain access.

Federal Bureau of Investigation agents arrested two individuals in an alleged tech support scheme that spanned 7,500 victims and pulled in more than $10 million. Like most tech support scams, the two operated a malicious web site with pop-ups that prompted victims to call for help.

"According to a federal complaint, the fraud involved a layered tech support, bank impersonation and government impersonation scam.”

"According to court records, the two involved personally met with victims to collect packages of money from them, which they then passed on to higher-level members of the conspiracy”

"The Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) said an alleged scammer was caught after police worked with an elderly scam victim who had given money to the suspect twice before"