I wondered if most of them were just desperate people reading scripts.
It does not matter if were they previously desperate or not. They were committing a crime. If you want to see a western side of similar scams, I would highly recommend you to watch Wolf of the Wall Street.
Unless these people were forced to do this, I do not have pity. This is not indifferent from stealing money on streets of India.
The important question is whether they knew they were committing a crime. Did all of Bernie Madoff's employees end up in jail? I'm pretty sure most of them didn't have any idea what he was doing, but feel free to correct me.
Glad to see more going into this, but it's definitely not the end of this scam. My father just got hit, and they were calling him (he didn't answer because I told him not to) on Friday of last week.
This is an international scam, and multiple federal and state agencies in the US are looking into it, glad to hear other governments are too.
The initial arrests are likely not the end of the matter. The call centers weren't just in India. Suspects were spread across a wide variety of other countries too, alas.
eveningcoffee|9 years ago
It does not matter if were they previously desperate or not. They were committing a crime. If you want to see a western side of similar scams, I would highly recommend you to watch Wolf of the Wall Street.
Unless these people were forced to do this, I do not have pity. This is not indifferent from stealing money on streets of India.
cpncrunch|9 years ago
triplee|9 years ago
This is an international scam, and multiple federal and state agencies in the US are looking into it, glad to hear other governments are too.
smkellat|9 years ago
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ge96|9 years ago