Redford Township, Michigan bhenchod convicted for facilitating tech support scams

Information tipped to me by @josephnormandgrinnel.

https://hoodline.com/2024/06/michigan-man-sentenced-to-10-years-for-international-cyber-scams-and-drug-trafficking/

https://regtechtimes.com/unveiling-the-dark-schemes-of-doyal-kalita/

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
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