Federal charges have been filed against a 62-year-old Portage man accused of working

Irfan Gill faces eleven charges of money laundering and seven charges of mail fraud. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Michigan accuses Gill of running "an international network to exploit America's seniors." A call center in Pakistan cold-called victims with offers of subscription discounts for cable, internet, and satellite services and had them send payments to Gill's post office boxes in Portage.