The Mumbai police claimed on Friday to have busted a call centre racket by arresting two persons who allegedly cheated thousands of US citizens by offering to cleanse their computers of virus or malware.
Unit-9 of the police's Crime Branch raided Exphinity Call Centre on S V Road in suburban Andheri Thursday and seized computers and other equipment used by the accused, said Deputy Commissioner of Police Akbar Pathan.
During the raid, police found some 40 employees working at the call centre, busy calling US citizens under fictitious names and speaking with American accent, he said.
Police arrested owner of the call centre David Alphnso (22) and Santosh Yadav (28), an IT expert, under section 420 of IPC (cheating) and other relevant acts, he said.