Call centers have reopened in the city, as if illegal call centers have become a thing of the past. The Naroda police have busted a call centre running in a flat in Nana Chiloda area. As many as five people, including a minor, have been arrested by police for running a call center that cheated American citizens. He used to cheat by giving false identities of a US loan company and obtaining gift cards with processing fees for giving loans and converting them into Indian currency. Police have seized items including laptops, iPhones and other mobile phones. As many as five people, including a minor, were present in the house
DCP (Zone 4) Atul Bansal said, "On the basis of a tip-off, some people were running a call centre in a house on the sixth floor of B Block in Ivan 3 flat in Nana Chiloda area. As many as five people, including a minor, were present in the house. Five laptops and 10 mobile phones and headphones were found in the house. From $50 to $250
The accused used to falsely identify themselves as officers of a lending company named Advance America and get their ID proof number by making false letterpads to show that the company was approved, then lured them with loan amounts and used different gift cards to transfer the fees fixed for loan processing and later converted them into Indian currency. The investigation revealed that he was extorting between $50 and $250. The call centre was started three to four days ago
Manish Ansari, a resident of Sardarnagar area of the city, is the main accused in the call centre. The accused Manish had earlier worked in call centres in Goa and Trivandrum. He came to Ahmedabad and started this call center three to four days ago. The entire planning was done by Manish and his friends and cousins are among the arrested accused. The accused Manish has been found to be in touch with his friends in Goa and Trivandrum. Search for the remaining three accused
The police are currently searching for the remaining three accused, how they got the lead and from whom the lead was given, etc.
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