NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate has carried out search and seizure operations at three locations in the Khanpur area of the national capital in connection with an alleged international cyber fraud case, officials said on Friday.
The searches began around 10.30 pm on July 31 and continued until late in the evening on Friday, they said.
Initial findings suggest that the premises are linked to a call centre operation allegedly involved in misleading foreign nationals, particularly in the United States. The suspects allegedly sold fictitious or pirated software under the guise of original products such as Microsoft Windows, the officials said.
“Primary investigation indicates that the call centre is being operated by persons, who mislead foreign citizens based in the USA by pitching fictitious or pirated software under the name of original software like Microsoft Windows,” said a senior ED official involved in the investigation.
The investigators said that so far, funds to the tune of ₹100 crore have been received as foreign remittances between the financial years 2016–17 and 2024–25. They are now probing the source and movement of these funds under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).