Cyber frauds: CBI searches 76 places, seizes gadgets

Cyber frauds: CBI searches 76 places, seizes gadgets | India News

19 October 2023

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“This audacious scheme, under the guise of a fake crypto mining operation, targeted unsuspecting Indian citizens, resulting in a staggering loss of over Rs 100 crore to Indian victims,” a CBI spokesperson said.

Cyber frauds: CBI searches 76 places, seizes gadgets The officials said that the case was registered based on critical inputs provided by the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU).

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The CBI on Thursday conducted searches at 76 locations across the country under Operation Chakra-2 after registering five separate cases of cyber-enabled financial fraud, including a Rs 100-crore crypto scam.

“This audacious scheme, under the guise of a fake crypto mining operation, targeted unsuspecting Indian citizens, resulting in a staggering loss of over Rs 100 crore to Indian victims,” a CBI spokesperson said.

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The searches were conducted at locations in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Delhi and West Bengal. “In the wake of Operation Chakra-II, 32 mobile phones, 48 laptops/hard disks, images of two servers, 33 SIM cards, and pen drives were confiscated and numerous bank accounts were frozen. The CBI also seized a dump of 15 email accounts, illuminating the intricate web of deceit spun by the accused,” the spokesperson said.

The officials said that the case was registered based on critical inputs provided by the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU). “Two cases were registered on a complaint from Amazon and Microsoft that the accused ran call centres and posed as technical support of the companies to target foreign nationals. Nine call centres were searched by the Central Bureau Investigation (CBI) under the operation,” the official said.

“In these cases, the accused impersonated a global IT major and a multinational corporation with an online technology-driven trading platform. The accused…operating across five states/UTs, systematically preyed on foreign nationals, masquerading as technical support representatives,” the spokesperson said.

First published on: 20-10-2023 at 03:17 IST

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