Busting an illegal call centre racket, the CBI has arrested two persons running “illegal” call centres in Nashik who, along with their employees in their two call centres, allegedly cheated UK nationals by impersonating insurance agents and Government authorities.
Acting on a case registered on Thursday last against four individuals persons and some public servants, the CBI on Saturday arrested two persons – identified as Ganesh and Shyam Kamankar after due legal formalities.
As part of the investigations, the CBI had earlier conducted searches at various places in Nashik and Kalyan (Thane) and recovered incriminating digital evidence and an unexplained cash of `5 lakh. Apart from cash, the CBI official seized digital including victim data, fake insurance policy scripts, 08 mobile phones and eight computer systems and servers.
In a statement issued on Sunday, the CBI said that the arrested accused were running two call centres under the name M/s Swagan Business Solutions Pvt. Ltd. “to cheat UK nationals by impersonating insurance agents and Government authorities” “Around 60 people were employed at these centres, which used VoIP, spoofed numbers and fake documents to dupe victims into sharing credit/debit card details and making payments for non-existent insurance policies,” a CBI news release said.
The CBI said that the proceeds of crime were allegedly routed through PayPal and banking channels, with accounts managed by the accused persons.