PANAJI
The Cyber Crime police busted another illegalcall centre allegedly targeting citizens in the United States through a fakeloan scam. A total of six persons have been arrested, as they operated frompremises in South Goa.
Police said the accused allegedly posed asagents of a loan company operating under the name "Payday" and dupedvictims by promising instant loans. Victims were allegedly induced to makepayments using gift cards, including Apple, Macy's, Green Dot MoneyPak, RazerGold and Xbox gift cards, instead of legitimate loan processing fees.
The arrested accused have been identified asVisvadipsinh Harisingh Jadav (29), the alleged operator of the call centre anda resident of Bhavnagar, Gujarat; Vishal Singh (24) of Sirohi, Rajasthan;Himanshu Prajapati (19) of Ahmedabad, Gujarat; Trushit Sawant (39) of Raigad,Maharashtra; Mayur Sawant (36); and Dhanraj Valera (24) of Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
During the search, police also seized sixlaptops, six headsets, a TP-Link router and six Apple iPhones, collectivelyvalued at about Rs 8 lakh.
