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A man who operated a fake prize transnational scam has been sentenced to 98 months and fined $700,000. According to court documents, Jose Alejandro Zuñiga Cano, the man at the heart of the matter, was alleged to have run a Peruvian call center that attempted to defraud 1,100 Spanish-speaking United States residents. He was also accused of harassing these residents with falsified arrest threats, court proceedings, and immigration consequences. Cano was successfully extradited from Peru in March regarding the telemarketing charges and pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud in…

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