Bengaluru: The Bengaluru city police have busted a `digital arrest' scam run through a call center, targeting US and Canada citizens and arrested 16 employees, including two women.

The fake BPO company was operating from HSR layout and the accused used to reportedly put their victims under `digital arrest' for their extortion activities. However, the kingpin of the racket is still at large.

On October 7, the HSR layout police had received information about a fake BPO company called `Cybits Solutions Pvt Ltd.,' which had hired around 20-25 employees through an online process. The company was operating for the last two years and the police had vague reports on the company. During the raid, it was revealed that the company was into `digital arrest' scam.

While most of the arrested were fr

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