CBI arrests 26 cybercriminals in multi-state crackdown

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested 26 operatives of a highly organized cyber crime network involved in fraudulent activities targeting victims globally. CBI arrested these accused after conducting coordinated multi-city searches at 32 locations to dismantle a major technology enabled crime network. The agency said that arrested 10 key operatives are from Pune, five from Hyderabad and 11 from Visakhapatnam. CBI has also seized over 950 items including electronic devices, mobile phones, laptops, financial information, communication records and incriminating material used by the cyber crime network for criminal activity and to defraud victims. The team also recovered over Rs 58 lakh in cash, three luxury vehicles and locker keys from the accused during the searches. During searches, CBI was able to red handedly intercept 170 persons engaged in ongoing online criminal activities across four call centers (1. M/s V.C. Infrometrix Pvt. Ltd at Regent Plaza, Pune, 2. M/s V.C. Infrometrix Pvt. Ltd, Murli Nagar, Vishakhapatnam 3. M/s Viajex Solutions, Hyderabad 4. M/s Atriya Global Services Pvt. Ltd, Vishakhapatnam).
CBI said that the network targeted citizens especially in the USA through impersonation as technical support services and committed cyber fruad. CBI said that as part of larger ongoing OPERATION CHAKRA-III, International Operations Division of the agency has been rapidly identifying and taking action on organized technology enabled crime networks in close concert with INTERPOL and foreign law enforcement agencies.  The operation, coordinated with law enforcement agencies across multiple countries, underscores CBI’s commitment to combatting and dismantling organized technology enabled crime networks.