CBI discovered an international cybercrime network operating from Gurugram's contact centre in conjunction with the FBI and Interpol
Cyber Crime Network: CBI has exposed an international cybercrime network that was being run from a call center in Gurugram's Cyber City. The fraud is linked to many countries and its money was sent to Hong Kong. CBI has exposed it under the operation being jointly run by FBI Interpol and agencies of many countries.
Under Operation Chakra-3, a campaign against international financial fraud, CBI exposed a large network based in Gurugram. With the help of Interpol and the American investigation agency FBI, 63 accused have been arrested by raiding the call center running in DLF Cyber City Phase II.
Along with this, CBI has also seized a large amount of evidence by raiding seven places in Delhi, Gurugram, and Noida. According to a senior CBI official, the call center running in the name of Innocent Technology Private Limited has been carrying out financial fraud in many countries since 2022. To make innocent people victims, the people of the network used to send pop-ups on the computer. As soon as the pop-ups were clicked, software used to run in the computer, due to which the computer system stopped working.
The accused used to charge a huge amount in the name of restoring the computer system. The amount collected in various countries was eventually sent to Hong Kong. Based on the initial information received from Interpol and the FBI, the CBI registered an FIR on July 22 under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and Information Technology Act.
The people involved in this network used to work in coordination with each other and the call center located in DLF Cyber City used to coordinate between them. During the raid, the accused were caught live cheating people. The CBI has recovered 130 computer disks, 65 mobile phones, and five laptops from the accused. Apart from this, information related to financial transactions, call recordings, and people who became victims of fraud has also been recovered from them.