Overview

• CBI registered the case on 18 August and carried out coordinated searches from 20 August across Amritsar and Delhi, leading to key arrests and seizures.
• Agents shut an illegal call centre in Amritsar operating as DigiCaps, detained 34 people on site, and collected extensive digital evidence including 85 hard disks, 16 laptops and 44 mobile phones.
• Investigators arrested three principal suspects and recovered ₹54 lakh in cash along with additional electronic devices and documents.
• According to CBI, the network posed as technical support to gain remote access to US victims from 2023 to 2025, inducing transfers to cryptocurrency wallets they controlled.
• CBI says asset-tracing continues with international partners, with the US Embassy publicly praising the joint work under Operation Chakra.