New York: An Indian-American has been jailed for more than 14 years and fined USD one million for running a massive extortion ring from India-based call centres in which he and his co-conspirators impersonated American officials and threatened to arrest victims unless they made payments.

Sahil Patel, 36, of Pennsylvania was also sentenced to three years of supervised release following the completion of his 14 and a half year prison term. Patel had pleaded guilty in January 2015 to his role in organizing the US side of a massive fraud and extortion ring run through various "call centers" located in India, through which he and his coconspirators impersonated FBI and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) officials and threatened victims with arrest and financial penalties unless they made payments to avoid purported charges.