Face2News/Ahmedabad (Gujarat)
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested the key accused in transnational cyber-enabled financial fraud case involving illegal call centres and defrauding the US nationals.
The CBI registered the instant case on 08.09.2026 against the said accused and unknown others. The case pertains to a large-scale transnational cyber-enabled financial fraud syndicate allegedly being operated through illegal call centres from Ahmedabad, Gujarat since 2024.
The accused persons, in criminal conspiracy with each other and unknown associates, impersonated as officers of Federal Trade Commission (FTC), US Attorney, Critical Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and other federal agencies, falsely informing the victims through VoIP communications that their identities were used by someone to access child pornography through their computer systems. Thereafter, the accused persons induced the victims to withdraw their funds from the bank accounts, purchase gold and handover the same to courier persons engaged by them in USA. Accordingly, the victims were induced and defrauded for more than US$ 7.21 Million.
Following registration of the case, the CBI conducted extensive searches at Ahmedabad locations associated/ linked to the said accused and incriminating electronic devices containing digital evidence were seized. The accused who was instrumental in establishing and operation of the illegal call centre has been arrested on 23.09.2026.
The investigation of the case is continuing.
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