ED cracks down on call centre fraud racket, 15 places raided

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday conducted searches at 15 locations across Mumbai, Delhi, Noida, Gurugram and Haryana in connection with a money laundering probe linked to a 'fake' call centre racket that allegedly defrauded foreign nationals of millions of US dollars, officials said.

- Ashish Singh

The investigation under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act was initiated following multiple FIRs registered by the Delhi police against one Karan Verma and others in connection with a tech-support fraud case.