HARRISBURG, Pa. — A New York man was charged by a federal grand jury for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, the United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced.
The charge alleges that Kuldeep Jaggi, 39, of Huntingdon Station, N.Y., was a member of a conspiracy that ran a fraud scheme targeting victims in the United States.
The fraud scheme reportedly had pop-up windows appear on victim's computers falsely stating they had been infected with a virus and to call a number for help.
When victims called the number, a person impersonating a government employee would tell the victim their computer had been used to commit crimes for which they would be charged, and that for the virus to be removed, they would need to pay a fee in the form of cash or gold to an agent that would be sent to their home to collect.
The charge alleges Jaggi was one of the scheme's "agents."
According to the indictment, Jaggi traveled to Harrisburg on Oct. 3, 2023, to collect about $64,000 in gold from a victim. In addition, from Sept. 26, 2023, to Oct. 3, 2023, he traveled to Massachusetts, Idaho and Texas where he collected a total of about $129,000 from three victims.
The maximum penalty under federal law for the charges is 20 years in prison, a period of supervised release, a fine and special assessment.
