Fake call centres targeting US citizens busted in Karnataka

BENGALURU: The state cyber command police arrested two persons for allegedly operating fake call centres in Bengaluru and cheating several US citizens by impersonating “QuickBooks”, a prominent US-based accounting software company. The accused, Prashanth from Delhi and Akash from Uttar Pradesh, are aged between 25 and 35.

Southeast cyber crime police, along with the special cyber cell, raided four locations where the fake call centres were operating in Bengaluru.