Nearly two dozen people across the state have transferred funds, cryptocurrency and gold bars to impostors, said Montgomery County officials and FBI agents.

At a news conference Monday alongside Montgomery County State’s Attorney John McCarthy and FBI Baltimore Field Office Special Agent Jeremy Capello, the victims shared their stories. Their last names are not being used to protect their identities.

Through coordinated investigative efforts, law enforcement traced the scams reported by victims in Montgomery County, Maryland, to extensive international scam call center operations in India that had been targeting Americans since 2022. Those scam call centers were dismantled by India’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in December 2025 leading to CBI arresting six Indian nationals who led the illegal criminal syndicates. Source: TheBanner.com, WTOP.com, and FBI.gov