SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) -- Federal authorities say a YouTube duo and a fellow content creator helped bring down a $65 million international fraud ring that scammed thousands of seniors, including a San Diego woman who lost her entire life savings.

More than two dozen people were arrested in California, New York, Texas and Michigan after investigators dismantled the scheme, which had been operating since 2019. Prosecutors say the scam originated from India-based call centers posing as government officials, bank employees or tech support agents. Victims were tricked into sending cash, often through packages, to Chinese nationals living legally in the United States.

Among the victims was a 97-year-old widow of a Holocaust survivor in San Diego who was repeatedly targeted until she had lost e

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