Overview
- Investigators estimate the network duped thousands across India of nearly Rs 100 crore by threatening victims with terror-related allegations.
- The IFSO unit traced illegal SIMBOX operations to Delhi, Mohali, Mumbai and Coimbatore, recovering phones, routers, laptops and about 20,000 SIM cards.
- Taiwanese national I-Tsung Chen was arrested on December 21 and is described by police as the operation’s technical backbone linked to a Taiwan-based syndicate led by Shang-Min Wu.
- Forensic findings cite IMEI manipulation, merged SIMBOX nodes and forced 2G paths that made calls appear domestic and obscured real-time tracking.
- Police say an alleged Pakistani handler financed Indian installations and a Coimbatore node handled cryptocurrency flows, with the probe now focused on laundering trails and remaining operatives.