Archive · 29 May 2025
CBI Arrests Six in Cybercrime Syndicate Targeting Japanese Citizens
The CBI caught a group of people who were pretending to be tech support to trick Japanese citizens into sending them money.
They set up fake call centers to make it look real.
They told the victims their computers were broken and they needed to pay to fix them.
The CBI worked with Japanese police and Microsoft to find the criminals and shut down their operation.
The criminals used tricks to make people believe them and steal their money.
The CBI arrested six members of a cybercrime syndicate targeting Japanese citizens.
Searches were conducted in Delhi, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh as part of Operation Chakra-V.
The syndicate operated illegal call centers to defraud victims.
The CBI collaborated with the National Police Agency of Japan and Microsoft Corporation.
Victims were tricked into transferring funds into mule accounts under false pretenses.
- Who
- Six members of a transnational cybercrime syndicate and the CBI.
- What
- Arrests and dismantling of illegal call centers involved in a cybercrime scam.
- When
- May 28, 2025, during Operation Chakra-V
- Where
- Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and targeting Japanese citizens.
- Why
- To defraud Japanese citizens by posing as technical support personnel.
- Arrested Operatives
- Ashu, Kapil Gakhar, Rohit Maurya, Shubham Jaiswal, Vivek Raj, Adarsh Kumar
- Search Locations
- Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh
- Crimes Committed
- Cybercrime targeting Japanese citizens
- CBI Operation
- Operation Chakra-V
- Offense
- Transnational cybercrime syndicate
Sources
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