Times News NetworkPanaji: The cybercrime cell of the Goa police on Friday busted a fake call centre operating in South Goa and arrested six persons. The call centre was cheating US nationals on the pretext of providing loans and money.Cybercrime SP Raji Raut Dessai said the call centre was allegedly run by Visvadipsinh Harisingh Jadav (29), a resident of Bhavnagar, Gujarat, along with five staff members: Vishal Singh (24) of Sirohi, Rajasthan; Himanshu Prajapati (19) and Dhanraj Valera (24) of Ahmedabad, Gujarat; and Trushit Sawant (39) and Mayur Sawant (36) of Raigarh, Maharashtra.Police said the accused persons allegedly impersonated loan company agents under the name ‘Payday’, and cheated US citizens by inducing them to pay large amounts of money through gift cards, including Apple, Macy’s, Green Dot MoneyPak, Razer Gold, and Xbox, on the false promise of loans and instant money.During the raid, a search-and-seizure panchnama was drawn, and equipment worth around Rs 8 lakh was seized, including six laptops, six headphones, a router, and six Apple iPhones.Following a technical investigation, the accused persons were traced and arrested by a team led by PI Deepak Pednekar, along with PSI Anil Polekar, head constables Anay Naik and Yogesh Khandeparkar, and constables Karol Ibrahim and Akshay Verlekar, under the supervision of the cybercrime SP.The accused were produced before a court for police custody. Further investigation is in progress, police said.
