Fake call centre busted in Gurugram

Gurugram, July 21

The cybercrime unit of the police busted a fake call centre today and nabbed two partners of the owner, who managed to flee from the centre.

The accused were duping foreigners through pop-ups in the name of social security number (SSN). They were allegedly threatening them by blocking the SSN and making them pay up.

A computer hard disk and a mobile were seized by the police. An FIR was registered at the cybercrime police station in this regard. The cybercrime police got a tip-off that the fake call centre was being run from an office located in the Nambardar market in Sector 40. Following this, cops conducted a raid at the fake call centre where more than 10 men and women employees were busy on computers and laptops. The workers could not show any valid OSP licences of the Department of Telecommunications or any other agreement/MoU related to their work. Cops arrested fake call centre partners, identified as Akshay Kumar, a native of Ahmedabad, and Bisho Singh, a native of Manipur.

Rohit, Bhavesh and Harsh Deep, alias Harsh, were the main owners of the fake call centre who managed to flee from the spot following the raid. The accused were cheating US citizens in the name of the SSN and website development. They used to charge $100 to $800 per customer.

An FIR was registered against the accused. — OC

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