David Young
U.S. Rep. David Young (R-IA) praised the recent arrest of individuals involved in a large, sophisticated Internal Revenue Service impersonation scam that preyed on American taxpayers since 2013.
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) arrested and indicted individuals involved with the scam that originated from five call centers in India. The defendants targeted Americans with fake, threatening phone calls from the IRS and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
According to a copy of the DOJ’s unsealed indictment, “The defendants have perpetrated an enormous and complex fraud scheme that has resulted in hundreds of millions of dollars of victim losses derived from persons located throughout the United States.”
Young, the co-founder of the Bipartisan Congressional Task Force to Combat Identity Theft and Fraud, has worked to advance solutions to protect Americans from hackers, scammers, thieves and fraudsters.
“This complex and large-scale IRS impersonation scam has victimized families across the country, and I appreciate the work of our federal investigators and law enforcement, as well as the coordination of the Indian government, to investigate this scheme,” Young said. “It is my hope the criminals charged face swift justice and are held accountable for these awful crimes.”
Young urged American citizens to report instances of scams and fraud to federal officials or local law enforcement.