74 accused arrested in fake call centre case, chargesheeted

  • | Sunday | 26th February, 2017

The 23-year-old Mastermind of the scam identified as Sagar Thakar alias Shaggy is still absconding and so far there has been no traces of him as well some the prime accused in the case. It may be recalled that these cheats from the call centre played on the fears of the law-abiding Americans and robbed them of millions of dollars merely threatening them over the phone sitting in their cubicles in Mira Road and which linked to the several other call centres based in Ahmedabad as well as in different parts of countries. "On the basis of technical data as well as the attendance sheets and salary slips the batches were arrested and even produced in the court and the chargesheet it attached and submitted in the court," said Parag Manere, the deputy commissioner of police (crime).As of on Saturday out of 74 nearly 72 of them have secured bail while other two are in the police custody, added the officer. THANE: As many as 74 accused of the 630 who were booked in the fake call centre case and impersonating as IRS officers and conned gullible American citizens , have been arrested and even chargesheeted by the investigators, it is learnt.On the midnight of October 4 that crime branch based on a tip-off busted the fakecall centre racket based in Mira road in which the TOI was first to report the massive raids in its edition of October 5 last year.A total of 75 persons including the directors, managers well as some of the top employees of the company were arrested and 630 booked in the case following a massive raid by the Thane crime branch and had busted one-of-its-kind international scam The 74 arrested are the one who made fraudulent calls to the US citizens and are among the 630 booked by the Thane crime branch.Around a month back, the investigators had started recording the statements of these employees to ascertain their role in the scam.A batch of 10-12 such accused are called every day to record their statements and it was corroborated with the other employees and cross checked with those arrested, said a senior officer.

THANE: As many as 74 accused of the 630 who were booked in the fake call centre case and impersonating as IRS officers and conned gullible American citizens , have been arrested and even chargesheeted by the investigators, it is learnt.On the midnight of October 4 that crime branch based on a tip-off busted the fakecall centre racket based in Mira road in which the TOI was first to report the massive raids in its edition of October 5 last year.A total of 75 persons including the directors, managers well as some of the top employees of the company were arrested and 630 booked in the case following a massive raid by the Thane crime branch and had busted one-of-its-kind international scam The 74 arrested are the one who made fraudulent calls to the US citizens and are among the 630 booked by the Thane crime branch.Around a month back, the investigators had started recording the statements of these employees to ascertain their role in the scam.A batch of 10-12 such accused are called every day to record their statements and it was corroborated with the other employees and cross checked with those arrested, said a senior officer."On the basis of technical data as well as the attendance sheets and salary slips the batches were arrested and even produced in the court and the chargesheet it attached and submitted in the court," said Parag Manere, the deputy commissioner of police (crime).As of on Saturday out of 74 nearly 72 of them have secured bail while other two are in the police custody, added the officer. It may be recalled that these cheats from the call centre played on the fears of the law-abiding Americans and robbed them of millions of dollars merely threatening them over the phone sitting in their cubicles in Mira Road and which linked to the several other call centres based in Ahmedabad as well as in different parts of countries. The 23-year-old Mastermind of the scam identified as Sagar Thakar alias Shaggy is still absconding and so far there has been no traces of him as well some the prime accused in the case.

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