title: us spy chief gives false intel on syria to obama clinton analyst
text: society the us is charging dozens of people with participation in a major indianbased fraud 
  the us justice department has charged  people and entities with involvement in a major indiabased scam that targeted thousands of americans 
  the scheme involved indian call centers where some workers called american citizens and convinced them to pay their nonexistent debts by impersonating internal revenue service irs immigration and other federal officials the justice department said in a statement on thursday 
  some victims were even offered shortterm loans or grants on condition of providing goodfaith deposits or payment of a processing fee 
  the scammers had stolen more than  million from at least  unsuspecting citizens the department noted 
  the victims money was laundered by an american network of criminals who used debit cards or wire transfers under fake identities the indictment said 
  federal officials arrested  people across america on thursday additionally  individuals and five call centers in india were charged with connection to the case 
  us assistant attorney general leslie caldwell said in a press briefing that washington was looking forward extraditing the suspects from india to face jail terms 
  its really important for the scammers in india to know that the united states is looking at this is watching them and they could if they engage in that activity be extradited to the united sates and could sit in jail  for several years she said 
  in a bill of indictment for the scammers the us district court for the southern district of texas had pointed to scare tactics employed by the operators of call centers in ahmedabad in the indian state of gujarat 
  they threatened potential victims with arrest imprisonment fines or deportation if they did not pay taxes or penalties to the government it read 
  the extent of the scam was so vast that major federal organizations such as immigration and customs enforcement treasury homeland security us secret service and police had to help with the investigation according to the justice department loading