State Crime Reports

Two Foreign Nationals Indicted on Federal Fraud Charges for Swindling Senior Citizens in $10 Million Telemarketing Scam

CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 2015.  Two foreign nationals have been indicted on federal fraud charges for running a $10 million telemarketing scam that targeted elderly investors in the United States.

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JONATHAN PAPA and METHSIRI “LAL” PALLIYAGURU sold phony investments in certificates of deposit and real estate to nearly 200 investors, primarily American senior citizens, according to an eight-count indictment returned Wednesday afternoon in U.S. District Court in Chicago.  The unsuspecting investors had been identified through online…

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