Call centre dupes foreigners of Rs 90 crore, 54 arrested in police raid

The Delhi Police cyber crime unit has arrested 54 people from a fake call centre for allegedly fleecing over Rs 90 crore from 4,500 foreign nationals by posing as officials from law enforcement agencies. A senior police officer said the owner of the call centre lives in Dubai and manages operations from there.

DCP (Cyber Crime Unit) Anyesh Roy said, “The accused contacted people in the US and other countries. They posed as officials from Social Security Administration, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the US Marshals Service, etc, and told the victims that their (bank-related) details were found at crime scenes and accused them of being linked to drug cartels. They also threatened the victims with immediate arrest.”