Posted AT 4:30 AM EDT on 20/12/06
Seniors duped out of millions in phone scam
MONTREAL — A Montreal telemarketing operation bilked seniors in the United States and Canada of millions of dollars with phony pleas that turned the stomachs of senior investigators listening on wiretaps, the RCMP said yesterday.
More than 30 people are facing charges after a series of busts in the Montreal area that broke up an operation police estimate has raked in $8-million to $13-million a year since 2003.
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