Fake call centre in Gurugram duping foreigners busted; 9 arrested

Police have busted a fake call centre in Gurugram that has been allegedly duping US nationals using cryptocurrency on the pretext of providing them federal grants ranging from USD 9,000 to 34,000, officials said on Wednesday.

A joint team of CM flying squad and Gurugram police conducted a raid on Tuesday night and nabbed nine people, they said.

Satyendra alias Sam, Ankis Sachdeva, residents of Delhi, Abhisawan Sabarwal, Eklavya, Vishal Vishwakarma, natives of UP, Thomsang, Chokhauni, Magoi Ganglui, natives of Manipur were arrested on Tuesday night, they said.

Police said they have recovered Rs 1.5 lakh cash, four laptops, and three CPU from their possession.