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A 41-year-old Vimalkumar Trivedi pleaded guilty to conspiring with India-based co-conspirators to scam American victims total amount of around $1.5 million.
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Vimalkumar Trivedi pleaded guilty to conspiring with India-based co-conspirators to scam international victims [Photo: NewsBreak]
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Vimalkumar Trivedi of Plainfield and his co-conspirators defrauded at least 17 American victims from April 2017 to 2021 into sending cash to various locations. The American victims lose a total amount of $1.5 million. The law enforcement agents said that there are another 50 people suspected to also be victims in the identity theft scheme.
Vimalkumar Trivedi and his co-conspirators told the American Victims that their Social Security Numbers had been found in connection to criminal activity and that if they will not send large sums of cash in the mail they would be arrested. Vimalkumar Trivedi threatened and scared innocent American victims. Vimalkumar Trivedi used 53 different fake identification documents in order to get the packages sent via FedEx by the American victims. He reportedly kept $60,000 of the money stolen from victims and send the rest money to his co-conspirators.
According to the US Attorney, these thieves stole money from hard-working victims using lies, manipulation, and fear to get cash. These thieves are heartless and need to pay a heavy punishment for what they did. Vimalkumar Trivedi will serve 3 years on probation after his release from federal prison, according to the source.
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