Federal prosecutors allege those charged participated in a phone scam that claimed an elderly individual’s relative, usually a grandchild, needed money for bail after an arrest. The post 25 Canadians charged in Vermont in connection with ‘grandparent scam’ targeting elderly Americans appeared first on Boston.

Federal authorities say the defendants, who all hail from Quebec, defrauded victims in Vermont and over 40 other states out of more than $21 million.

No fewer than twenty-five Canadian suspects have been charged with defrauding elderly Americans of $21 million in a widespread “grandparent scam,” according to a federal indictment unsealed on Tuesday.