In a major breakthrough against cybercrime, the Mulund Police have busted a fake international call centre operating out of Mulund Colony, Mulund (West). Acting on credible information, officers raided a rented apartment where a group led by Sagar Rajesh Gupta, aged 27, was allegedly impersonating officials from ‘Lending Point’, a US-based financial company, to defraud unsuspecting citizens in the United States and Canada.

According to the police, the accused were contacting victims through phishing calls and messages, posing as loan officers offering quick personal loans. Once victims were lured in, the fraudsters would extract money in the form of gift cards and cryptocurrency, converting the proceeds into Indian currency with the help of an associate based in Surat, identified as Prash

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