Overview
- Acting on FBI inputs, the CBI dismantled an illegal call centre in Noida, arresting six suspects accused of impersonating US officials and extracting over USD 8.5 million, and seized Rs 1.88 crore and 34 devices.
- Separately under Operation Chakra‑V, the CBI filed a chargesheet against 13 in a ‘digital arrest’ case after analysing about 15,000 IP addresses and tracing key bank accounts controlled from Cambodia, Hong Kong and China.
- The CBI says evidence points to slave compounds in Myanmar and neighbouring areas where trafficked Indians are forced to run call‑centre style scams, with probes continuing to map financial trails and overseas infrastructure.
- Delhi Police Crime Branch arrested four members of an interstate phone‑theft ring linked to a December 7 concert at IGI Stadium, recovering 40 high‑end phones and detailing tactics such as foil-wrapping iPhones and rapid grey‑market resale.
- Local crackdowns expanded beyond Delhi, with Ashok Vihar police seizing demonetised notes with a face value of Rs 3.59 crore and arresting four, Mathura police detaining 42 in hotspot raids, and Cyberabad police arresting 11 in related cases.