Overview
- Ganesh and Shyam Kamankar were arrested and produced before the Special CBI Court in Thane, which remanded them to CBI custody until September 15.
- The centres operated under the name Swagan Business Solutions Pvt. Ltd. and allegedly posed as insurance agents or government officials to sell non-existent policies.
- CBI searches in Nashik and Kalyan recovered victim data, fake policy scripts, eight mobile phones, eight computer systems or servers, and Rs 5 lakh in unexplained cash.
- Investigators say about 60 employees used VoIP, caller-ID spoofing, and forged documents to obtain victims’ card details and payments.
- A case was registered on September 11 against four private persons, unknown public servants, and others, with further investigation into fund flows and wider links underway.