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7 Indian Americans
have pleaded guilty
in a massive Money
laundering racket
believed to have
connections with
India based call
centers.
around US $25 million in
victim funds. The money
was received by India based
call- center for co-defendant
HGLOBAL. Miteshbhai
communicated with his team
of runners in US and India,
via whatsapp, emails and text
messages for this fraudulent
scheme
Patel and his team purchased
re-loadable GPR cards which
were registered for using the
misappropriated personal
identifying information (PII)
of unsuspecting victims.
Miteshbhai also trained his
team on how to conduct all this
conspiracy and provided them
with vehicles to proceed with
these fraudulent activities not
just in IL but throughout the
country.
the liquidation schemes,
provided the team with
vehicles to conduct their
activities in Illinois and
throughout the country, and
directed a co-defendant to
open bank accounts and
limited liability companies
for use in the conspiracy.
He used a gas station he
owned at Racine Wisconsin
to liquidate victim’s funds.
He also made fraudulent
documents at his IL
apartment.
He also trained the runners he
managed, on how to conduct
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