Mumbai: A luxury car one was seized from Ahmedabad belonging to Sagar Thakkar alias 'Shaggy', main accused of multi-million call-centre scam, which he allegedly purchased from cricketer Virat Kohli, police said.
Main accused Thakkar, who is still on the run, allegedly bought an Audi R8, valued at Rs 2.5 crore, from Indian test team captain Virat Kohli in May, police said on Friday. Virat Kohli is an "innocent seller", who had no idea who he was dealing with, said Thane's top cop Param Bir Singh.
Bought in May this year, the car was recovered from Ahmedabad and was a birthday present from Thakkar to his girlfriend.
The Justice Department said tens of thousands of victims, most of them from South Asia, were extorted by callers pretending to be US tax or immigration officials threatening them with arrest and deportation if they did not remit money to the government.
The US attorney in the southern district of Texas set charges against a total of 56 people and five Indian companies for conspiracy to commit identity theft, false personation of an officer of the United States, wire fraud and money laundering.
Police suspect more than 200 call centres across the country could be running similar bogus operations. However it is yet to tally its list of suspects with US investigators and verify whether those booked by American agencies are the same who are facing charges of laundering and extortion in India.
Subsequently, police teams raided and shut down five call centres in Ahmedabad which were a part of the racket.
Main accused Thakkar, who is still on the run, allegedly bought an Audi R8, valued at Rs 2.5 crore, from Indian test team captain Virat Kohli in May, police said on Friday. Virat Kohli is an "innocent seller", who had no idea who he was dealing with, said Thane's top cop Param Bir Singh.
Bought in May this year, the car was recovered from Ahmedabad and was a birthday present from Thakkar to his girlfriend.
The Justice Department said tens of thousands of victims, most of them from South Asia, were extorted by callers pretending to be US tax or immigration officials threatening them with arrest and deportation if they did not remit money to the government.
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The US attorney in the southern district of Texas set charges against a total of 56 people and five Indian companies for conspiracy to commit identity theft, false personation of an officer of the United States, wire fraud and money laundering.
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Police suspect more than 200 call centres across the country could be running similar bogus operations. However it is yet to tally its list of suspects with US investigators and verify whether those booked by American agencies are the same who are facing charges of laundering and extortion in India.
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Subsequently, police teams raided and shut down five call centres in Ahmedabad which were a part of the racket.
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