UPDATED: Fake call centres duping US citizens busted in Bengaluru, man from Delhi, another from UP arrested

Key points

• The Karnataka State Cyber Command has busted four fake call centres in Bengaluru that were allegedly cheating U.S. citizens by impersonating a prominent American accounting firm.
• Acting on specific intelligence inputs, officials of the Cyber Crime Police Station (South East), along with the Special Cyber Cell, conducted co-ordinated raids at four locations across Bengaluru where the illegal call centres were operating.
• According to investigators, the accused were posing as representatives of a reputed U.S.-based accounting company, and allegedly duped American citizens by offering fake tax advice, license renewal services, and counterfeit software license keys.
• The fraudsters reportedly collected huge amounts of money from victims in the guise of service charges.
• Police said the call centre employees used fake identities resembling those of U.S. officials to gain the trust of victims.