Archive · 18 Sep 2025
Police Bust Fraudulent Call Centers; Arrest 10
Police in Kolkata, India, have arrested ten people for running fake call centers.
The centers pretended to be tech support for a well-known company and tricked people in the US.
They would call US residents and offer fake technical help to steal money.
The police conducted raids and seized items like phones, laptops, gold, and over ten lakhs in cash.
The leader of the operation, Zawed Khan, was also arrested.
The victims often find it hard to get their money back or file complaints since the criminals are in a different country.
Ten individuals were arrested for running fraudulent call centers.
The call centers impersonated tech support to scam US citizens.
Raids were conducted in different parts of Kolkata.
Zawed Khan was identified as the mastermind.
Police seized vehicles, phones, laptops, and cash during the raids.
- Who
- Police and Zawed Khan
- What
- Arrests related to fraudulent call center operations
- When
- Tuesday
- Where
- Kolkata, India
- Why
- Allegedly defrauding US citizens through technical support scams.
- Arrests
- 10
- Mastermind
- Zawed Khan
- Seized Assets
- Cars, phones, laptops, gold, and cash
- Location
- Kolkata
- Target
- US Citizens
- Crime
- Impersonation and fraud