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Sixteen People Charged with Conspiracy to Defraud Hundreds of Elderly Americans of Millions of Dollars
DOJ ^ | April 30, 2024 | Staff

Posted on 05/02/2024 5:27:41 AM PDT by Red Badger

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1 posted on 05/02/2024 5:27:42 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

They’re just doing the jobs that Americans refuse to do!

See ya at the bill signing! - W Boosh


Eleven men from the Dominican Republic are charged in a 19-count indictment with mail and wire fraud conspiracy; wire fraud; mail fraud; conspiracy to commit money laundering; and money laundering:

* Juan Rafael Parra Arias, aka “Yofre,” 40

Nefy Vladimir Parra Arias, aka “Keko,” 39

Nelson Rafael Gonzalez Acevedo, aka “Nelson Tech,” 35

* Rafael Ambiorix Rodriguez Guzman, aka “Max Morgan,” 59

Miguel Angel Fortuna Solano, aka “Botija,” aka “Boti,” 41

* Felix Samuel Reynoso Ventura, aka “Fili,” aka “Filly The Kid,” 36

Carlos Javier Estevez, 45

Louis Junior Serrano Rodriguez, aka “Junior,” 27

Miguel Angel Vasquez, aka “Miguel Disla,” 24

Jovanni Antonio Rosario Garcia, aka “Porky,” aka “Chop,” 45

*Jose Ismael Dilone Rodriguez, 34

* denotes in custody


2 posted on 05/02/2024 5:29:53 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: SaveFerris; Red Badger

There is a special place in hell for unrepentant slime like this.


3 posted on 05/02/2024 5:32:18 AM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s² )
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To: SaveFerris

If this accurate...

https://dominicantoday.com/dr/world/2024/05/01/the-grandparent-scam-11-dominicans-implicated-in-operation/

Looks like at least 11 of the perps aren’t citizens...


4 posted on 05/02/2024 5:33:14 AM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: Red Badger

Does this mean I’ll get fewer spam calls, which I don’t answer anyways?


5 posted on 05/02/2024 5:33:28 AM PDT by EvilCapitalist (Pets are no substitute for children)
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To: Red Badger

I sure wish the government (federal and states) would do more to warn people about these terrible scams. As it is, most folks have no idea about them.

Maybe run a quick public service ad on TV or radio. Put a flyer in with social security statements. That sort of thing.


6 posted on 05/02/2024 5:36:00 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: DoodleBob

We didn’t have nearly so much identity theft, home title theft, etc. until they really ramped up illegal immigration and also began shipping personal data of Americans overseas.

Or at least it seems that way to me.

Had an uncle (he’s gone now) - a few folks tried the fake “Publisher’s Clearing House” scam on him - they got caught before they got too far.

Unbelievable.


7 posted on 05/02/2024 5:36:01 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: Red Badger

Thanks for posting. 16 individuals a.k.a EVIL


8 posted on 05/02/2024 5:36:46 AM PDT by PGalt
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To: DoodleBob
There is a special place in hell for unrepentant slime like this.

Yeah ... right next to all the politicians who invented and continue to perpetuate the "social security" scam.

9 posted on 05/02/2024 5:38:19 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Red Badger

I have no way of knowing if it was these guys, but someone tried this scam on my 91 year old mother-in-law a couple of weeks ago.

The caller claimed that my step son was in an accident in Florida and had injured a woman as a consequence and he needed money for a lawyer.

My mother-in-law still has a good mind. She doubted that her grandson was in Florida and called my wife to check out if he was in Florida.

She escaped the trap.


10 posted on 05/02/2024 5:39:17 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: mewzilla

I was communicating with a recruiter about a job several years ago

Never wound up on a job from her

BUT about 6 months later I got an email, she’s trapped in Mexico, please send me money......

Yeah....no - somebody hijacked her email obviously


11 posted on 05/02/2024 5:39:45 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: Red Badger

A great victory for the government who will get lots of money from fines from this!

Those who were ripped off are still screwed, though.


12 posted on 05/02/2024 5:39:55 AM PDT by fruser1
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To: Red Badger

Sounds like a very complicated high tech operation. The parts that should clue the victims into believing it’s a scam is when someone calls them impersonating a relative. The victim should either not recognize the voice as that of the relative or notice an obvious accent. The same applies to someone going to their home to collect the money, that person will appear to be quite un-American.


14 posted on 05/02/2024 5:40:07 AM PDT by redfreedom (Joseph Stalin: "It does not mater how anyone votes, how votes are counted is what matters.")
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To: Pontiac

Yes, these types of scammers are everywhere.

We’ve had the IRS SCAM call us a couple of times................


15 posted on 05/02/2024 5:41:43 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Mouton

I think that might be slightly illegal - LOL

The Feds probably take a very dim view of that.....

:)


16 posted on 05/02/2024 5:43:05 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: Leaning Right

If those idiot females on The View really wanted to do the public a good turn, they would report on this stuff, but instead they want to sit on their fat lazy asses and bash Trump for an hour................


17 posted on 05/02/2024 5:43:53 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

Why is everyone being so critical of these poor “wanderers” who are here to make their lives better after being repressed ? Are you you insensitive?


18 posted on 05/02/2024 5:49:46 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp??)
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To: redfreedom

> The victim should either not recognize the voice as that of the relative or notice an obvious accent. <

The scammer is just rolling dice here. He hopes that if he makes enough calls, eventually his voice will at least somewhat match that of a relative.

Evidently, it works often enough.

Side point: I’ve read that some of the more sophisticated scammers troll social sites like Facebook to record voices. If they can get a big enough sample, they feed it into a computer program. That program then generates whole sentences, whatever the scammer wants to say.


19 posted on 05/02/2024 5:53:21 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: PGalt

Rope and a tree.


20 posted on 05/02/2024 5:55:08 AM PDT by chopperk
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