Multimillion-dollar fraud bust highlights tax scam you should watch out for

July 30, 2018

The recent bust of a large fraud and money laundering conspiracy highlights one key takeaway for you: Be wary of who is on the other end of your phone line — particularly if they claim to be the IRS.

The Department of Justice announced that 24 defendants have been sentenced in connection with a multimillion dollar fraud scheme in what Attorney General Jeff Sessions called the “first-ever large scale, multi-jurisdiction prosecution targeting the India call-center scam industry.”