Fake call centre busted in Noida, 8 men arrested for cheating US citizens

Eight people, who allegedly cheated US nationals of approximately ₹6-7 crore by pretending to be officials of an investigating agency and threatening to link their names with drug cartels, were arrested during a joint operation conducted by the Noida police and the department of telecommunications, (DOT), Government of India, on Wednesday morning.

Kumar Ranvijay Singh, additional deputy commissioner of police, Noida, said the suspects operated from an office in Sector 62. “Around 4am on Wednesday, a team from Sector 58 police station and DOT conducted a search at the office and arrested eight people,” said Singh.