ED Arrests Key Suspect, Seizes High-End Assets in Rs 100-Crore Tech-Support Scam Targeting US Citizens

Overview

• Chandra Prakash Gupta was arrested on December 13 under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act and was remanded to ED custody by a Gurugram special court until December 24.
• Searches at 10 Delhi-NCR locations on December 19–20 yielded jewellery worth about Rs 1.75 crore, more than Rs 10 lakh in cash, four high-end vehicles, eight luxury watches, digital devices, documents and over 220 bottles of premium liquor.
• The liquor recoveries were reported to the State Excise Department, which registered separate FIRs over quantities exceeding permissible residential limits.
• The ED estimates that from November 2022 to April 2024 the syndicate cheated victims of nearly USD 15 million through tech-support fraud using Microsoft-like pop-ups, remote-access tools and wire transfers to accounts falsely presented as tied to the US Federal Reserve.
• Assets valued at over Rs 100 crore linked to alleged proceeds have been identified so far, while accused Arjun Gulati, Abhinav Kalra and Divyansh Goel remain absconding as the probe continues.