Federal agents make arrests in India-based scam targeting thousands in Colorado and U.S.

Federal agents have arrested 20 people in eight states for their alleged involvement in a $250 million fraud scheme in which scammers at call centers in India coerced thousands of people across the U.S. including in Colorado to pay bogus tax debt to the IRS, authorities say.
About 15,000 people in the U.S. and in other countries were victimized including a California woman battling cancer who paid $7,000 after a caller told her she owed the debt related to medical deductions, authorities announc