Nice work if you can grift it: Two blokes accused of swindling $10m from the elderly with bogus virus infection alerts
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/09/20/tech_support_charges/
Two Americans used bogus virus-infection alerts to bilk $10m out of PC owners, it is alleged.
Romana Leyva, 35, of Las Vegas, Nevada, and Ariful Haque, 33, of Bellerose, New York, were each charged this week with one count of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Each count carries a maximum of 20 years in the clink.