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'Digital arrest': Cyber fraudsters targeted Americans, says Bengaluru police
The Free Press Journal - Indore
|October 15, 2025
The cyber fraudsters arrested by the police in Bengaluru targeted American citizens through ‘digital arrest’, police said on Tuesday.
According to police, a fake Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) was busted on October 7 and 16 people were arrested.
"Under the name Cybits Solutions Private Limited, a fake BPO company had been set up for the purpose of committing cybercrime. Around 20 to 25 young men and women had been recruited online under the pretext of employment and were being trained in cyber fraud through online means,” they said.
The gang members collected personal information of unknown individuals online, contacted them by phone, and threatened them by saying that cases have been registered against them under the narcotic drugs law and for money-laundering offences, the police added.
Cette histoire est tirée de l'édition October 15, 2025 de The Free Press Journal - Indore.
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