Information tipped to me by @josephnormandgrinnel.
On June 18, 2024 (my 26th birthday), federal Judge Nathaniel M. Gordon convicted Doyal Kalita, a 37-year-old from Redford Township, Michigan for facilitating Microsoft technical support scams and illicit online sales of prescription drugs.
- Since 2015, Kalita worked with his co-conspirators to defraud Internet users with fake virus popups that urged them to call an Indian call center that posed as Microsoft to trick the callers into signing up for a fake malware protection plan.
- At a later point in time, their victims will receive a phone call where a refund is offered, but they falsely overpaid and urged the recipient to pay the fake overpayment back.
- Outside of the scams, Kalita sold controlled substances, including opioids, and shipped them from India and Europe to American residents without a prescription.
- Kalita has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison, three years of supervised release and was ordered to pay $272293 in restitution to his victims and a civil forfeiture of $2,542,784.
CHARGES PLED GUILTY TO:
- Conspiracy to commit wire fraud
- Conspiracy to import Schedule II & Schedule IV controlled substances
- Conspiracy to launder money.
CO-CONSPIRATORS:
- Manish Kumar - A Mumbai-based drug supplier who was sentenced to 87 months in prison, 3 years of supervised release and a fine of $100,000.
- Robert Polanco - A co-conspirator in the tech support scam operation who was sentenced to 38 months prison, 3 years supervised release and a fine of $216,900 in restitution to the victims.
COMPANIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE SCAM:
- DCK International
- Dreamland Trip
- Forever Living
- GAD Auto Parts
- JD Online Services
- JD Web Services
- Kiki Web Solutions
- OMG Fast PC
- PC Consulting Services
- Polanco Travel
- Software Elite
- Supernin Techno
- Tech Elite
- Truzipex, LLC
- Zayn Techno
- ZD Consulting Services
- ZD Marketing Group