NCCIA arrests 212 individuals over alleged involvement in international fraud schemes
The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) raided three call centres in Islamabad over the past 24 hours, taking 212 individuals into custody for their alleged involvement in international fraud schemes, the agency’s spokesperson said on Tuesday. In a statement, the spokesperson said the NCCIA’s Islamabad unit had launched a major crackdown on illegal call centres as part of efforts to…
The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) conducted raids on three call centers in Islamabad, arresting 212 individuals suspected of participating in international fraud schemes. The agency's spokesperson announced the operation on Tuesday, stating that the NCCIA's Islamabad unit had targeted illegal call centers as part of their efforts to combat organized cyber fraud.
The detainees included Chinese and Pakistani men and women, with a total of 306 mobile phones, 383 computers/CPUs, and 299 monitors and laptops seized during the raids. The suspects were alleged to have been involved in scams through Google and "low-dating" schemes, with the network reportedly linked to India and Brazil. A case had been filed, and an investigation was currently underway.
The NCCIA had previously arrested 27 suspects, including four Afghans, during a major operation in Karachi last week, targeting an international scam call center. In August, 114 foreign nationals, primarily Chinese and Vietnamese, were apprehended for allegedly running a cyber-romance and sextortion network from a registered IT business in Islamabad.
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