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A fraudster set up fake call centers to threatened Spanish-speaking immigrants to the US with
deportation if they didn't buy bogus English classesA Peruvian man has been sentenced to 90 months in prison for running fraudulent call centers that targeted Spanish-speaking immigrants in the US, according to Newsweek.
Omar Cuzcano Marroquin, 32, set up call centers in Peru that threatened thousands of immigrants to the US, originally from Central America and Mexico, with arrest, court charges, and deportation if they didn't purchase bogus educational services, Newsweek reported.
Marroquin and his accomplices falsely told victims that they had to pay for English-language courses or they would face serious adverse consequences, according to the US Department of Justice (DoJ).
The centers, which were in operation from April 2011 to July 2019, collected millions of dollars from victims over an 8-year period, the media outlet said.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fraudster-set-fake-call-centers-153948525.html
A man after Trump's own heart.
