Gurugram. In the intervening night of Friday and Saturday, a team of Chief Minister’s Flying Squad, DLF Phase-2 Police Station and Cyber Crime Police busted a fake call center and arrested 24 people, including 10 women and the owner.
According to the police, a call center operating from the ground floor of a house in DLF Phase-II duped citizens of the US and Canada in the name of technical assistance and used to charge a service charge of $500-1,000 through gift cards.
The alleged call center employees called the victims as Canada Border Service agents, officers from the Financial Crimes Unit Bureau of Narcotics and the Canadian Intelligence Service and accused them of involvement in cases of drug peddling and money laundering and extorting money from them. Were.
The accused had also paid Rs 1.50 lakh per month as floor rent for four months.
Police have recovered Rs 2.50 lakh in cash, two CPUs and an equal number of mobile phones from the spot.
Call center owner Umesh Yadav, resident of Kosli in Rewari district, has also been arrested.
According to police, a team of Flying Squad, DLF Phase-2 Police Station and Cyber Crime Police led by DSP Inderjit Singh Yadav of CM Flying Wing and ACP, DLF Sanjeev Balhara raided the call center following a tip-off.
There he saw 14 boys and 10 girls communicating with the American nation in the English language (American pronunciation).
Yadav said, “The employees were employed at call centres, which were being operated without permission. Also, the center did not have any license issued by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT).”
During interrogation, the accused owner disclosed that they used to communicate with US and Canadian citizens to provide technical support and send pop-ups and charge around $500 to $1,000 per customer as service fee.
An FIR under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) including the IT Act has been registered at DLF Phase-II Police Station for further investigation.
—AnyTV News
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