Overview

• Enforcement Directorate teams began searches around 10:30 pm on July 31 at three linked call-centre premises in Khanpur, New Delhi, under a developing international cyber-fraud case.
• Officials say the operations are being conducted under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act to enable asset seizures and evidence collection.
• Preliminary findings indicate the centres sold fictitious or pirated Microsoft software to US citizens, deceiving customers abroad.
• Investigators suspect about Rs 100 crore in foreign remittances was received between 2016–17 and 2024–25 and are tracing the source and movement of these funds.
• These searches represent the latest phase of a multi-city crackdown on tech-enabled money-laundering syndicates targeting foreign nationals.