4 arrested as police busts fake call centre in Kanpur's Kakadev, duped Americans of 9 lakh US dollars

Kanpur | Wednesday | 14th July, 2021

Summary:

Munendra Sharma, a resident of Noida is the mastermind of the gang; he was a former engineering student at Pune University.

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Kanpur Commissionerate Crime Branch along with Kakadev police have arrested four people who were running a fake International Call Center, which demanded ransom in dollars in the name of releasing data by hacking the servers of American companies sitting in the Kakadev area of the city.

Munendra Sharma, a resident of Noida is the mastermind of the gang; he was a former engineering student at Pune University.

The gang has so far cheated the American people of $ 9 lakh by setting up a call center at Kakadev in Kanpur.

The members of this gang used to hack the data of the American people and then cheat in the name of helping.

A Delhi-based company had provided a gateway to the centre.

Together, both companies used to hack the servers of big companies of America.

They would then leave a message on him.

In which the number of this call center was entered.

This number belonged to the call center located at Kakadev.

People sitting here used to tell the amount and method of payment in the name of releasing data from companies.