Apart from Himachal Pradesh, the raids are being conducted across Delhi, Chandigarh and Punjab. In Himachal Pradesh, 19 locations in Shimla, Kangra, Una, Mandi, and Kullu were searched on Wednesday.
Nine accused, along with an equal number of female tele-callers associated with the racket, were arrested in a raid on the centre.
While investigations are ongoing against various chit-fund companies, including Saradha and Rose Valley, a chit-fund organisation has duped around 7,000 people.
The Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), MHA, provided information about the misuse of eight SMS headers for sending fraudulent communications for committing cybercrime.
With cybercriminals on the prowl, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Odisha Police has issued an advisory to protect citizens from falling prey to online investment fraud cases.
A former candidate for the US House of Representatives in the third Congressional district of Massachusetts, Das was indicted on 10 counts of wire fraud.
According to the officials, both accused made a WhatsApp profile of senior government officials to send messages to other government officials.
Shergill, a prominent Jat Sikh face of the saffron party, said that it was extremely shameful that the AAP government grabbed power in Punjab by making “lucrative” and “false” promises.
The complainant Meena has alleged that when no action was taken by the Paharganj police on the complaint she made in October, 2021, she had to approach the Commissioner of Police Delhi in February 2022.
Sarla Garg, a resident of Gurugram, Haryana, lured her victims with quick returns for their investment before making good her scam with the amount.
