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Eleven people have been indicted in connection with a scheme that targeted elderly people for money, the U.S. attorney’s office for the Northern District of Texas announced Friday. All 11 were arrested in a large-scale operation Wednesday morning, the U.S. attorney’s office said. Most are tied to a transnational organized crime syndicate originating in Nigeria, the office said. The office …

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