Kolkata Police have busted a fraud racket operating internationally from their office in the city. Police exposed a fake call centre after allegations of duping American citizens over phone call. Kolkata Police arrested 10 people including prime accused Javed Khan during a raid conducted late on Tuesday night. More than Rs 10 lakhs in cash, several mobile phones and two cars were recovered.
According to police sources, the fraudsters had opened fake call centres in different areas of Kolkata. They would call American citizens using the name of an international financial technology company on various pretexts. Sometimes the fraudsters would promise technical support, sometimes they would offer to send money to the person receiving the call. These people would fall for that trap and were duped. After receiving a complaint in this regard, the police launched an investigation. Investigators conducted raids at several places on Tuesday night. At least 10 people were arrested from two apartments in Kolkata. Prime accused Javed Khan has also been arrested.
Cash, gold, laptops, mobile phones, wristwatches, router and cars seized
Police have seized 10 mobile phones, 8 laptops, a router, expensive branded wristwatches and a large amount of gold from the arrested. More than Rs 10 lakhs in cash was also found from their office. Three paper notebooks containing financial accounts and information related to running a fraudulent call centre were also seized. A Skoda Slavia car and a Mahindra XUV have been seized by police.
The arrested persons will be presented in the court today, Wednesday. The investigators are trying to find out about other people who are involved in running the racket.
7 arrested from Kolkata for scamming Americans posing as PayPal employees
The Kolkata Police Detective Department (DD) arrested seven persons running a crypto fraud racket from Behala in April this year. A raid was carried out by the detectives at the first floor of a building on 88/4 Rai Bahadur Road. The accused were running a racket via Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) calls to US residents posing as employees of the online payment system – PayPal.
The calls were made to the PayPal users in the US, who were told fraudulent transitions were made from their crypto wallets. They would assure the unsuspecting users that to solve the issue they needed to share a One Time Password (OTP). The arrested were posing as PayPal employees. During the raid, DD sleuths found 13 mobile phones of different makes, three laptops and one wifi router.
The calls were made to the PayPal users in the US, who were told fraudulent transitions were made from their crypto wallets. They would assure the unsuspecting users that to solve the issue they needed to share a One Time Password (OTP). Once the users shared the OTP the perpetrators took control over their bank accounts by remote desktop applications as a means to siphon off their money.
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