Doyal Kalita, 37, of Redford, was sentenced for defrauding internet users through scam virus alerts and distributing controlled substances online.
Kalita received a sentence of 10 years and three years of supervised release.
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The Redford native was also ordered to pay $272,293 in restitution to the victims in the case and forfeit $2,542,784.
The 37-year-old pled guilty to one count of wire fraud conspiracy, one count of conspiracy to import Schedule II and Schedule IV controlled substances, and one count of money laundering conspiracy.
Court documents revealed Kalita and co-conspirators organized a scheme to defraud internet users through deceptive pop-up screens that falsely told victims that their computers were infected with viruses (or were otherwise damaged) and directed the victims to call for technical support.
The victims were connected to Kalita’s call centers in India and Michigan and were scared or deceived into buying products and services they did not need.
Court documents say Kalita and his co-conspirators launched an online drug distribution scheme that sold prescription drugs, including opioids and other controlled substances, that were shipped from suppliers in India and Europe to individuals in Massachusetts and elsewhere in the United States.
Officials said the 37-year-old and his co-conspirators facilitated online sales from multiple foreign drug suppliers and received controlled substances from abroad before repackaging and distributing them throughout the United States.
To conceal the nature of the transactions, Kalita and his co-conspirators used PayPal and merchant accounts that purported to belong to non-existent consulting companies, health supplement stores, auto parts suppliers, and travel agencies.
Kalita and his co-conspirators created fake travel itineraries and receipts to deceive credit card processors in the United States in order to keep the drug business from being detected.
Court documents revealed two of Kalita’s alleged co-conspirators remain fugitives.
Officials said Manish Kumar, a partner in a Mumbai-based prescription drug company and one of Kalita’s suppliers, was sentenced to 87 months in prison, three months of supervised release, and a $100,000 fine in January 2023,
Robert Polanco, one of Kalita’s co-conspirators in the money laundering scheme, was sentenced to 38 months in prison and three years of supervised release and was later ordered to pay $216,900 in restitution to fraud victims in June 2023.
