GURUGRAM: The bogus call centre in Sector 33 (institutional sector), which is suspected to have cheated masses of US voters by the usage of threats of punishment for tax evasion, used to be the usage of ‘hawala’ channels to divert the cash in India.
The fraudsters trained kids to talk in English with an American accessory, and then make random calls to US voters posing as Internal Revenue Service (IRS) officials, and perilous them with raids in the event that they didn’t pay up through twine transfers or acquire of $50-200 iTunes or on-line retailer gift playing cards for the pretend IRS officials. With the help of their US contacts, the suspects then bought the playing cards for cash, which used to be then transferred to Ahmedabad or Delhi by way of informal hawala channels. They avoided banking transactions to escape the eyes of investigative companies in US and India.
“After getting iTunes or gift playing cards, the fraudsters had them bought in the USA, the money collected and transferred to India by way of hawala,” said a senior police officer who is a part of the probe. Police sources said their informers in hawala networks tipped them off about the operation. “We were tipped off about hawala transactions related to the call centre,” he added.
The investigation revealed the call centre owner used to offer a list of US voters and their details on electronic mail to Siddarth, one of the three executives arrested on Tuesday, who assigned call centre employees to make pretend calls as IRS officials. Every day, the call centre made dozens of calls to US voters, and managed to cheat 6-7 other folks day by day. It’s believed the fraudsters have collected crores of rupees by dishonest US voters. Police are looking to assess the quantum of money concerned, and examining financial institution records of all three arrested.
The fraudsters trained kids to talk in English with an American accessory, and then make random calls to US voters posing as Internal Revenue Service (IRS) officials, and perilous them with raids in the event that they didn’t pay up through twine transfers or acquire of $50-200 iTunes or on-line retailer gift playing cards for the pretend IRS officials. With the help of their US contacts, the suspects then bought the playing cards for cash, which used to be then transferred to Ahmedabad or Delhi by way of informal hawala channels. They avoided banking transactions to escape the eyes of investigative companies in US and India.
“After getting iTunes or gift playing cards, the fraudsters had them bought in the USA, the money collected and transferred to India by way of hawala,” said a senior police officer who is a part of the probe. Police sources said their informers in hawala networks tipped them off about the operation. “We were tipped off about hawala transactions related to the call centre,” he added.
The investigation revealed the call centre owner used to offer a list of US voters and their details on electronic mail to Siddarth, one of the three executives arrested on Tuesday, who assigned call centre employees to make pretend calls as IRS officials. Every day, the call centre made dozens of calls to US voters, and managed to cheat 6-7 other folks day by day. It’s believed the fraudsters have collected crores of rupees by dishonest US voters. Police are looking to assess the quantum of money concerned, and examining financial institution records of all three arrested.
Hawala traders told cops about call centre
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