Nashik, Sep 14 (IANS) Two cyber fraudsters were arrested by the CBI in Nashik on charges of cheating British nationals by impersonating insurance agents and government authorities, an official of the investigative agency said on Sunday.

Ganesh and Shyam Kamankar were arrested for employing 60 people in two illegal call centres under the name Swagan Business Solutions Pvt. Ltd, the official said in a statement.

Around 60 people were employed at the call centres, which used Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), spoofed numbers and fake documents to dupe victims into sharing credit/debit card details and making payments for non-existent insurance policies, the CBI said.

The federal probe agency registered the case on September 11 against four persons and unknown public servants, and others, on the allegations that the accused persons were operating two illegal call centres in Nashik.

The complaint registered said that Swagan Business Solutions was cheating British nationals by impersonating insurance agents and government authorities.

After the registration of the case, the CBI conducted searches at various places in Nashik and Kalyan (Thane), which led to the recovery of incriminating digital evidence, including victim data, fake insurance policy scripts, eight mobile phones, eight computer systems/servers, and unexplained cash of Rs 5 lakh.

The proceeds of crime were allegedly routed through PayPal and banking channels, with accounts managed by the accused persons, the CBI said.

In a separate case, the CBI recently arrested three officers of the Military Engineer Services (MES) in Madhya Pradesh and a middleman for accepting a bribe of Rs 80,000 from a contractor for repair and maintenance, an official said on Friday.

Those arrested were identified as Nitesh Kumar Singh, Garrison Engineer (GE), of MES, Sagar, Rakesh Sahu, Assistant Garrison Engineer (AGE) of MES, Deepak, Junior Engineer (JE) of MES and middleman Rajesh Mishra.

The CBI registered a case on September 11 on the complaint of Ajay Kumar, an employee of the firm Shree Balaji Associates, who alleged that the accused public servants demanded a bribe of Rs 1 lakh for clearing the decks for the firm to execute the Rs 26.58 lakh contract.

The FIR was registered under Sections 7 and 7A of the Prevention of Corruption Act, dealing with an attempt to accept undue advantage, and Section 61(2) (criminal conspiracy) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

–IANS

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