An elderly couple from South Central Pennsylvania lost thousands of dollars to a grandparent scam, coinciding with federal authorities in Boston, Massachusetts, announcing the arrests of suspects accused of running a similar scheme.

Thirteen individuals are now facing charges in what the FBI describes as a sophisticated fraud ring that used the grandparents scam to steal over $5 million from more than 400 senior citizens.

Federal prosecutors revealed that a call center in the Dominican Republic was the base where suspects deceived hundreds of seniors into parting with their life savings.

Images show one suspect posing with a stack of cash and the ringleader relaxing in a pool on a boat.

"This was a highly coordinated criminal operation with a network of runners here in the United State

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