Man running fake call centre detained

Vadodara: A fake call centre used for cheating American citizens by promising loans was busted in Gorwa area on Saturday. Officials from the detection of crime branch (DCB) had received information about the accused, Rohit Sahoo, running the call centre from his house in Jalanand Township in Gorwa. DCB sleuths raided the house, detained Sahoo and seized a laptop and five mobile phones from him. Police have declared his accomplices Jinnie alias Maksud Beg Mirza, a resident of Ahmedabad, and David Markson alias Vijendra alias Viju Parmar, who lives in Gotri, as wanted.
According to police, Sahoo used to call the victims using special applications and promise loans at interest as low as 4% to 5% to the victims. “He used to take processing fees from the victims in the form of payment cards but the loans were never disbursed,” said inspector A B Jadeja of DCB. The accused used to give details of payment cards to Mirza and Parmar, who would process the payment. Sahoo used to be paid 30% of the amount for his job.
During preliminary investigation, he revealed that he had been running the call centre for the past three years. On Saturday his swab samples were submitted for coronavirus test and he was kept under quarantine. Police said that he will be formally arrested after his test report turns out to be negative.