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CBI Nabs 3 in $40 Million Cyber-Fraud, Catches Alleged Kingpin at Delhi Airport

The cross-border probe under Operation Chakra-IV targets a call-centre network that funneled U.S. victims’ money into cryptocurrency wallets, with further asset tracing underway.

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CBI arrests cyber-fraud syndicate kingpin from Delhi airport

Overview

  • Acting on an August 18 FIR, investigators carried out searches from August 20 in Amritsar and Delhi under Operation Chakra-IV and arrested Jigar Ahmed, Yash Khurana, and Inder Jeet Singh Bali.
  • Searches yielded 85 hard drives, 16 laptops, 44 mobile phones, incriminating digital material, and about Rs 54 lakh in cash.
  • An illegal call centre operating as Digikaps in Amritsar was dismantled, with 34 individuals intercepted on site during alleged cyber-fraud activity.
  • In a separate action tied to an earlier case, alleged kingpin Arjun Prakash of Noida-based FirstIdea was arrested at IGI Airport while attempting to fly to Kathmandu.
  • The CBI says the syndicate manipulated U.S. citizens between 2023 and 2025 into moving roughly USD 40 million to crypto wallets, with international coordination involving the FBI, the UK’s NCA, Interpol, and Microsoft continuing.