New York, June 22 -- A college intern from India was sentenced to 60 months in prison for providing tech support to a telemarketing scam that duped close to two dozen people of nearly a million dollars.
Bishwajeet Kumar Jha, 21, and several other interns from the same college in India who were in the US on hospitality industry internships defrauded a number of individuals of their retirement savings, the Department of Justice said Monday.
Bishwajeet Jha will face deportation proceedings upon completion of his term of incarceration.
The people that he targeted were 58 to 93 years old. They were duped of amount ranging between $1,180 and $174,300. Over three months, the conspiracy defrauded individuals of at least $937,280, according to ju...