Gurugram: Police to share call centre details with FBI for information on US nationals

GURUGRAM: A day after CID’s chief minister’s flying squad busted a call centre that was operating from an upscale business centre on Sohna Road and had allegedly cheated over 30,000 Americans in just three weeks by posting malware links on their PCs and then offering technical support to fix it, Gurugram police said it will share details of the case with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) seeking action against the two US nationals who were also party to the crime.
A senior police officer said that the two American nationals played a substantial role in the crime. “They used to charge 40% commission for sharing data of the customers. They also opened bogus bank accounts in the US and got money transferred to those accounts from the customers using gift cards. After taking their share, they would transfer the remaining money to the two prime accused -- Vikram Verma and Rishab -- through Bitcoins and shares,” the officer said, adding that the two US citizens had befriended Rishab years ago.
During investigation, Verma confessed that they were earlier arrested for running a similar bogus call centre from Udyog Vihar but were out on bail. They had immediately got back to the swindling business. Police said, “We want to build a strong case against them this time so that they don’t get a chance to dupe anyone again. We are in the process of contacting the FBI for the same.”
The 38-seater call centre, which was operating without a licence since July 13 from JMD Megapolis on Sohna Road, used to send pop-ups warning of a system lockdown and asking users to call on certain toll-free numbers to get their computers protected against a one-time payment.