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Fake Call Centre Scamming US Nationals Busted In Mumbai; 3 Arrested
The Navi Mumbai police busted a fake call centre operating at a business park and arrested three persons involved in running the establishment, an official said on Friday.
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Nirav Modi Left India On Jan 1, Centre Moves To Cancel Passport: 10 Facts
Nirav Modi's home, showrooms and offices in Mumbai, Delhi and Surat were searched on Thursday after Punjab National Bank (PNB) complained of staggering fraud at the cost of the taxpayer to benefit the celebrity jeweller and others. Nirav Modi, recently seen in a group photo in Davos with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, flew out of India on January 1....
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Callers For Dollars - Inside India's Scam Call Centres
In late September, a woman in National City, California, received a voice message on her phone saying she was in trouble with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) over "tax evasion or tax fraud".
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Call Centre Scam: Mastermind Fled To Gulf During Police Raid
When the teams of Crime Branch of Thane Police were busy in raids in the call centre scam, its mastermind Sagar Thakkar alias Shaggy was fleeing the country in the early hours of October 5, officials said.
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Call Centre Scam: Transactions Worth Rs 30 Crore Identified
Investigators on Thursday told a local court they have identified transactions worth Rs 25-30 crore in the call centre scam here till now and that it will take a long time for them to arrive at the actual figure given the magnitude of the scandal.
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Fake Call Centre Scam Mastermind Sagar Thakkar's 'Guru' Arrested
A Mumbai businessman who 'mentored' Sagar Thakkar alias Shaggy, the alleged mastermind of the multi-million dollar fake call center racket, wherein US-based taxpayers were allegedly conned by Indian tele-callers, has been arrested, police said today.
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Call Centre Raids: Police Suspect Involvement Of Gujarat Cop's Son
Investigation into the call centre racket in Thane wherein US-based tax payers were allegedly conned by Indian tele-callers posing as tax officers has led Thane Police to suspect involvement of the son of a senior IPS officer from Gujarat.
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FBI In Thane To Investigate Call Centre Scam, Homeland Security Coming Too
US agency FBI has begun assisting the police in investigating a call centre scam near Mumbai that defrauded more than 6,000 Americans of millions of dollars."
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Mira Road Call Centre Scam: Kingpin Shaggy Gifted Rs 2.5 Cr Car To Lover On Birthday
A lavish lifestyle and everything posh of the kingpin of the multi-crore extortion racket being run from call centres in Mumbai and Ahmedabad was not restricted to him - Sagar Thakkar alias Shaggy (23) had gifted a Rs 2.5 crore Audi R8 to his 21-year-old girlfriend on her birthday, the Thane police have said.
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Mira Road Call Centre Con: Insider Spills The Beans
Just one month into his well-paying job, Rakesh (name changed) decided to quit. The reason, he says, was that he found out that he was really being used to cheat aged American citizens and extort money from them by pretending to be from the Internal Revenue Service.
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Raid At Call Centres Near Mumbai For Scamming US Residents
Nearly 500 employees working at various call centres in Thane, near Mumbai, were detained by the police for allegedly threatening and extorting money from US citizens. The raids were conducted late last night and continued till the early hours of Wednesday morning.
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Fake Call Centre Scamming US Nationals Busted In Mumbai; 3 Arrested
The Navi Mumbai police busted a fake call centre operating at a business park and arrested three persons involved in running the establishment, an official said on Friday.
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Nirav Modi Left India On Jan 1, Centre Moves To Cancel Passport: 10 Facts
Nirav Modi's home, showrooms and offices in Mumbai, Delhi and Surat were searched on Thursday after Punjab National Bank (PNB) complained of staggering fraud at the cost of the taxpayer to benefit the celebrity jeweller and others. Nirav Modi, recently seen in a group photo in Davos with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, flew out of India on January 1....
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Callers For Dollars - Inside India's Scam Call Centres
In late September, a woman in National City, California, received a voice message on her phone saying she was in trouble with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) over "tax evasion or tax fraud".
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Call Centre Scam: Mastermind Fled To Gulf During Police Raid
When the teams of Crime Branch of Thane Police were busy in raids in the call centre scam, its mastermind Sagar Thakkar alias Shaggy was fleeing the country in the early hours of October 5, officials said.
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Call Centre Scam: Transactions Worth Rs 30 Crore Identified
Investigators on Thursday told a local court they have identified transactions worth Rs 25-30 crore in the call centre scam here till now and that it will take a long time for them to arrive at the actual figure given the magnitude of the scandal.
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Fake Call Centre Scam Mastermind Sagar Thakkar's 'Guru' Arrested
A Mumbai businessman who 'mentored' Sagar Thakkar alias Shaggy, the alleged mastermind of the multi-million dollar fake call center racket, wherein US-based taxpayers were allegedly conned by Indian tele-callers, has been arrested, police said today.
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Call Centre Raids: Police Suspect Involvement Of Gujarat Cop's Son
Investigation into the call centre racket in Thane wherein US-based tax payers were allegedly conned by Indian tele-callers posing as tax officers has led Thane Police to suspect involvement of the son of a senior IPS officer from Gujarat.
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FBI In Thane To Investigate Call Centre Scam, Homeland Security Coming Too
US agency FBI has begun assisting the police in investigating a call centre scam near Mumbai that defrauded more than 6,000 Americans of millions of dollars."
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Mira Road Call Centre Scam: Kingpin Shaggy Gifted Rs 2.5 Cr Car To Lover On Birthday
A lavish lifestyle and everything posh of the kingpin of the multi-crore extortion racket being run from call centres in Mumbai and Ahmedabad was not restricted to him - Sagar Thakkar alias Shaggy (23) had gifted a Rs 2.5 crore Audi R8 to his 21-year-old girlfriend on her birthday, the Thane police have said.
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Mira Road Call Centre Con: Insider Spills The Beans
Just one month into his well-paying job, Rakesh (name changed) decided to quit. The reason, he says, was that he found out that he was really being used to cheat aged American citizens and extort money from them by pretending to be from the Internal Revenue Service.
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Raid At Call Centres Near Mumbai For Scamming US Residents
Nearly 500 employees working at various call centres in Thane, near Mumbai, were detained by the police for allegedly threatening and extorting money from US citizens. The raids were conducted late last night and continued till the early hours of Wednesday morning.
