Scammer Poses As Tech Support, Moves Proceeds Overseas: Bergen Cops

BERGEN COUNTY, NJ — An out-of-state woman was accused of running a company that posed as tech support and deceived New Jersey victims into paying a fee for staff to "repair" their systems, according to Bergen County authorities.

Mona Sethi, of Pennsylvania, started, and is the registered agent on file for, Micro Technical Services, which would, authorities alleged, trick people into believing their computers had been compromised and, for a fee, "fix" them. Sethi was also accused of moving the criminal proceeds overseas to India.

Additionally, "victims were instructed to provide remote access to their computers, which allowed the perpetrators to commit additional frauds beyond the initial scam," Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said.

Information about the transnational tech support scam targeting residents was first received by the prosecutor's office in fall 2022 by the Waldwick Police Department, Musella said.

Sethi, 65, of Furlong, Pennsylvania, was arrested Wednesday at her home in connection with this scam and other associated frauds, and is pending extradition to New Jersey, the prosecutor's office said.

She was charged with theft by deception, money laundering, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and conspiracy to commit theft by deception.