GURUGRAM: An illegal call centre in Sector 50 was busted for allegedly cheating US citizens on the pretext of providing technical support, the police said on Saturday.
The case came to the fore when a team from the cyber police unit raided the office on the fourth floor of Nirvana Courtyard.
One person, Aayush from Nirvana Country, has been held in the case. Aayush, a graduate, had worked with an e-commerce company from 2004 to 2019. While working with the company, he got in touch with a youth through Facebook.
The youth claimed to be from Delhi and assured to provide inbound calls from US for repairing Canon and HP printers and payment gateway for receiving money. To earn quick money, they opened the call centre. Thirteen youths were found working at the company.
“They registered a firm and rented a space in the city’s Sector 50 and hired a few youngsters,” said ACP (DLF) Karan Goyal, adding that for providing online tech support for printers they used to charge USD 200 to 300.
The youth used to keep 45% of the amount for providing the payment gateway and handed over the remaining amount at the call centre.
The accused was produced before a court and taken on a two-day police remand. A case has been registered against the accused under relevant sections of IPC and the IT Act, said an officer, adding that a probe is under way.