Friday, February 04, 2005

CBC Montreal - 28 arrested as telemarketing firm busted

CBC Montreal - 28 arrested as telemarketing firm busted: "28 arrested as telemarketing firm busted
MONTREAL - Police say a telemarketing scam with more than 100,000 victims has been busted in Montreal.
'There were actually about 100,000 victims that lost a total of $45 million to that organization'

Investigators say the telemarketers themselves are the suspects�the people who were making sales calls almost exclusively to the United States.
The telemarketing company was operating out of two offices in Cote-des-Neiges.
The investigation began 18 months ago, but police say the scam has probably been running for five years."

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