They sat in call centers in Montreal and targeted older Americans, claiming to be grandchildren in need of bail money after an arrest. In all, federal prosecutors said, more than two dozen Canadians defrauded hundreds of vulnerable American…

Twenty-five Canadians have been charged with swindling hundreds of American seniors out of more than $21 million through what's known as a "grandparent scam," federal prosecutors announced Tuesday.

The Office of the United States Attorney f…

Burlington, Vt. – Canadian law enforcement provisionally arrested 23 Canadian nationals March 4 after they were indicted by federal grand jury in Vermont for participation in a “grandparent scam” uncovered by U.S. Immigration and Customs E…

Nearly two dozen Canadians were arrested Tuesday and charged with participating in a “grandparent scam” that targeted elderly people in the United States, federal prosecutors announced. 

A federal grand jury last month charged 25 Canadians …

Twenty-five Canadian suspects are charged with bilking American elders of $21 million as part of a "grandparent scam," according to a federal indictment unsealed Tuesday.

All 25, said to have operated out of Montreal and resided there or el…

Federal prosecutors have charged more than two dozen Canadian nationals in a massive scam that bilked more than $21 million from elderly people in more than 40 U.S. states, the Vermont District's U.S. Attorney's Office announced.

According …