21,000 OTPs sold, 10,000 devices infected: Ahmedabad police bust 4-nation ‘Boss Scam’
Ahmedabad police have dismantled a multinational Boss Scam network, seizing 21,000 OTPs and targeting 10,000 infected devices, according to a report. Two West Bengal residents, Imran Ali Piyada and Injammul, were arrested and extradited to Gujarat on transit warrants. The two alleged cybercriminals provided dummy SIM cards, mobile numbers, and WhatsApp accounts to the larger international network, assisting in the process of activating WhatsApp accounts through dummy SIM cards.
Piyada sold the OTPs for e-commerce and online gaming, obtaining over Rs 21,00,000. Injammul coordinated cyberfraud activities, using the mobile numbers, SIM cards, and WhatsApp accounts. The police found evidence of the malware's development by Chinese cybercriminals, used to target Indian citizens via a call centre in Islamabad.
The investigation revealed that the accused used a multi-country cyber infrastructure, including China, India, Pakistan, and Hong Kong, to conceal their identities and locations. The bank accounts involved in the cyber fraud were accessed through a China-based VPN service.
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