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ED Raids Multi-City Tech-Support Scam Hubs, Tracks Multi-Million-Dollar Crypto Flows

The money-laundering probe follows Delhi Police FIRs naming Karan Verma, targeting fake call centres that posed as tech support to extort foreign nationals.

ED added that the probe aims to trace the full network of financial flows and identify both domestic and international beneficiaries.
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Overview

  • Searches were carried out on October 7 at at least 15 premises across Delhi, Noida, Gurugram and Mumbai under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
  • The case stems from multiple FIRs by Delhi Police, with investigators focusing on operations linked to Karan Verma.
  • ED says call centres in Rohini, Paschim Vihar and Rajouri Garden impersonated firms such as Charles Schwab, Microsoft and Apple, and at times posed as police to threaten victims with arrest.
  • Fraudsters allegedly used BSOD pop-ups to lure victims, then routed proceeds via cryptocurrencies and gift cards, with linked wallets reflecting transactions in the millions of US dollars.
  • In parallel actions, ED custody of two accused in an Indore liquor-challan case continues until October 8 and searches in an MP marriage-scheme probe led to asset freezes of about Rs 21.7 lakh.