Kingpin of Kolkata cyber gang held for duping US citizens

KOLKATA: The cyber cell of Kolkata Police has arrested Syed Tarique Kalam, a mastermind of the Kolkata-based gang targeting senior citizens in California and New York, from Pune.
The arrest came barely four days after a magistrate in the city recorded the statement of a 76-year-old US citizen who had lost Rs 71 lakh to cyber fraud. So far, four persons have been nabbed in connection with this fraud.
Cops said the members of the gang had moved to different parts of the country to “spread business” and “escape detection by law agencies.” “We came to know that Kalam, a resident of Ostagar Lane in Kolkata, was staying at an apartment in the Malwadi area of Pune. He was arrested this weekend and some devices, including SIM cards, were seized from him,” said DC (cyber), Atul Viswanathan.
The office of the Legal Attaché (FBI) in India had helped the Cyber Police Station in Kolkata coordinate with the US citizen for recording her statement on the fraud. One more US citizen was reportedly duped by the gang.