CBI conducts searches at various locations in the country

The Central Bureau of Investigation has recovered various incriminating documents,  bank accounts, fixed deposits worth 190 crore rupees and  cash of 25 lakh rupees during searches conducted recently  at various locations including Jaipur, Delhi, Noida, Gurugram, Faridabad and Mainpuri of Uttar Pradesh.

The searches were conducted at the premises of private companies and residential premises of accused persons in an on-going investigation of a case related to technical fraud. 

A case was registered on a complaint against six private companies and  other unknown persons, alleged to be involved in technical support fraud scheme. The companies are  New Delhi-based Softwill Infotech and Saburi TLC Worldwide Services,  Jaipur-based Innovana Think labs and Systweak Software , Noida-based Benovellient Technologies and Gurugram-based Saburi Global Services Private Limited.

It was alleged that these companies would contact the victims



via internet pop-up messages that falsely appear to be security s from Microsoft or another well-known company. These companies would then take remote access of the victim’s computer and convince the victim of presence of non-existing problems and then would make them pay hundreds of Dollars for unnecessary services and softwares.

CBI is collaborating with its counterparts in other countries to identify the network, dismantle their infrastructure and bring the perpetrators of crime to justice. US Department of Justice and CBI collaborated in this regard, and yesterday US Federal court ordered an individual and 5 companies to stop engaging in technical-support fraud scheme that is alleged to have defrauded hundreds of elderly and vulnerable U.S. victims.

 The Agency in a statement said it has been making concerted efforts to identify and rapidly dismantle any such network of transnational cyber frauds operated out of India.