CBI arrests man for cheating US citizens of over USD 7 million

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested an accused in a transnational cyber-financial fraud case who allegedly defrauded US nationals of over USD 7 million through illegal call centres in Gujarat in the past two years, officials said on Friday.

The agency arrested Ankit Satishchandra Pandey on Wednesday, who allegedly cheated US citizens by impersonating officers of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), US Attorney, Critical Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and other



federal agencies, falsely informing the victims through VoIP communications that their identities were used by someone to access child pornography through their computer systems, they said.

“Thereafter, the accused persons induced the victims to withdraw their funds from the bank accounts, purchase gold and hand over the same to courier persons engaged by them in the US. Accordingly, the victims were induced and defrauded of more than USD 7.21 million,” CBI Spokesperson said in a statement.