The FBI in Boston announced that they shut down a call center operation in India after busting a major racket that involved perpetrators from the US, too. The call center operation defrauded hundreds of elderly victims in the US and elsewhere out of millions of dollars through tech support scams.

The FBI said the two Americans also advised Indian call centres on how to avoid detection in tech fraud.

Two senior executives who operated a business that enabled the operation have admitted to ‘turning a blind eye’ to it, said the law enforcement agency.