NEW DELHI: The CBI has arrested an alleged cybercriminal after conducting a massive nationwide search operation at 35 locations as part of a massive multinational crackdown on cyber-enabled financial crimes, officials said on Monday.
The CBI arrested the cyber criminals after a massive search operation across 10 statesChristened Operation SyStrike, the crackdown was launched on 30 January involving law-enforcement agencies from the US, UK, Kuwait, Ireland and Singapore.
CBI officials searched 35 places in 10 states including Delhi, Bihar, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Telangana and West Bengal.
Officials said the raids disrupted multiple cybercrime networks based in India that targeted victims in the US, UK, Kuwait, Ireland, Singapore and India.
“During the investigation, the CBI busted an international cyber-enabled financial crime network being operated by the accused from New Delhi, targeting US victims online. Electronic devices, such as laptops/mobile phones/computer hard disks containing incriminating digital evidence related to the crime, were recovered and seized from the accused,” a CBI spokesperson said in a statement on Monday.
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The Central Bureau of Investigation has unearthed another international cyber-enabled financial crime network operating from New Delhi, Ghaziabad and Karnataka under the guise of issuing Kuwait e-visas under the domain name ‘eservicemoi-Kw.com’ and offering to hire Indian nationals to work for Kuwaiti companies in return for money, it said.
As a result of the search operation, electronic devices such as laptops, mobile phones, computer hard disks containing fake Kuwait e-visa and employment offer letters for working in leading companies in Kuwait were seized, besides cash of Rs. 60 lakh, the spokesperson added.
“During the investigation, the CBI also busted international cybercrime networks operated by the accused persons targeting online victims from UK, Ireland and Singapore and defrauding them. Mule accounts involved in channeling the proceeds of crime from overseas victims to the accused persons were identified and taken down.”
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