In its first major operation, the Karnataka Cyber Command Unit (CCU) has cracked down on a fraudulent Indian company in eastern Bengaluru, which is believed to have cheated over 500 employees working in the United States. According to senior police officials, the scale of the scam runs into crores of rupees.
The CCU has arrested 21 employees of the bogus firm, which operated under the name Musk Communications in Varthur Kodi near Whitefield.
However, the kingpin, the owner of the company who had hired the arrested employees, is absconding. Investigators believe several more individuals are involved in the racket.
Pronab Mohanty, Director-General of Police and head of CCU, told The Hindu that they suspected more than 500, and possibly over 1,000 people, may have fallen victim to the scam.
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