CBI arrests tech scam mastermind Dwibendu Moharana from UAE in ‘Operation Chakra V’ This network running from Noida used to cheat crores of rupees in the name of “Microsoft Support”.
New Delhi. Have you ever thought that a criminal leaves the country and flees abroad and yet the CBI catches him? Something similar happened in ‘Operation Chakra V’, when the CBI caught Dwibendu Moharana, the mastermind of a cyber fraud gang that defrauded Japanese citizens. This is the same person who fled from India to UAE, but his luck could not favor him for long. The CBI arrested him from Bhubaneswar Airport, and he is now in police custody.
What is Operation Chakra V and how was this campaign conducted?
CBI’s ‘Operation Chakra V’ is actually an international cyber crime operation. In this operation, CBI along with Japan’s National Police Agency and Microsoft Corporation exposed a big tech support fraud racket. Actually, the accused and his associates cheated Japanese citizens by creating a fake call center. They used to portray themselves as support staff of big companies like Microsoft and scare people by saying that their laptops or phones have been hacked. Then in the name of fixing the system, lakhs of rupees were cheated from them.
Complete story of CBI raid and arrest
On May 28, CBI had simultaneously raided 19 places in Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. During this period, two illegal call centers were closed and six people were arrested. The main accused Dwibendu Moharana was running a company named VoIP Connect Pvt Ltd in Noida. When his associates were arrested, he fled to the UAE. But CBI surveillance continued. Eventually, Moharana returned to India from UAE, and was arrested at Bhubaneswar Airport. Now he is in police custody for three days.
How did cyber thugs prey on Japanese citizens?
- According to the CBI report, the accused used social engineering and tech fraud.
- They would create call centers like legitimate customer service centers from where foreign nationals would call and tell them that their system has been hacked.
- After this they were asked to transfer money to a fake website.
- CBI said that the network of this racket was highly organized and active at the international level.
Will the network of tech support scam end now?
- This operation of CBI has given a big message that India is now strict against international cyber criminals also.
- So far, a total of 7 accused have been arrested, while 6 accused are in judicial custody.
- The investigating agency has also filed the charge sheet of this entire case.