Fake call centre targeting U.S., Canadian citizens busted in Mumbai; five held

“Police person busted a fake planetary telephone centre successful Mumbai that was cheating radical successful the U.S. and Canada, and arrested 5 persons successful transportation with the case,” officials said connected Wednesday (November 12, 2025).

“The constabulary had received accusation that a person, Sagar Gupta, was moving a fake planetary telephone centre successful Mulund Colony with the assistance of an subordinate by impersonating a indebtedness authoritative of a U.S.-based lender and making phishing calls and messages,” they said.

“They were cheating U.S. and Canadian citizens by offering them speedy loans and fraudulently obtaining proceeds of transgression via acquisition cards oregon cryptocurrency,” a constabulary authoritative said.

“The constabulary connected Tuesday (November 12, 2025) arrested 5 persons and seized 2 laptops, 11 mobile phones, 2 routers, and ₹76,000 successful currency from them,” helium said.

“Those arrested person been identified arsenic Sagar Rajesh Gupta (27), Abhishek Suryaprakash Singh (28), Tanmay Kumar Rajneesh Dhadsing (27), Shailesh Manohar Shetty (27) and Rohan Ansari (28),” the authoritative said.

“Search was connected for a person, identified arsenic Prashant Rajput from Surat successful Gujarat, who was helping the accused to person the dollar acquisition cards into Indian currency, and the different accused successful the case,” helium said.

“The accused person been booked nether applicable provisions of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Information Technology Act,” the constabulary added.