Delhi: Fake call centre cheating US citizens busted, 25 apprehended

The Delhi Police Crime Branch busted a fake call centre in Outer Delhi’s Mundka area and caught at least 25 people, said officials Thursday. The police said the accused posed as officials from the United States higher education grants department and cheated US citizens on the pretext of offering them different schemes.

The police said a few of the victims were duped of USD 200 (Rs 15,960) each. A case under sections of cheating, impersonation and criminal conspiracy was registered against the call centre owner, Nitin Singh, a resident of Dwarka. Singh rented a house in Mundka and hired callers to join the gang, said the police.