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Hyderabad, Nov 29 (PTI) The Cyberabad police on Saturday apprehended 9 folks for allegedly working an ‘worldwide faux name centre’ that focused Australian residents.
During the investigation, it emerged that the important thing accused, Praveen and Prakash, had introduced in personnel from Kolkata to work on the name centre.
According to a Cyberabad police launch, the fraudsters made calls to Australian residents and deceived them into transferring giant sums of cash from their financial institution accounts to varied Australian accounts owned by Indian nationals residing in Australia.
The illegally acquired funds have been then routed to India by a number of channels, together with hawala networks, cryptocurrency transactions and different covert strategies.
Over the previous two years, the group allegedly amassed and transferred Rs 8-10 crore from unsuspecting victims, primarily Australian residents.
The prime accused, cousins from Telangana’s Khammam district, established the faux name centre in 2024.
They employed seven folks from Kolkata, accommodated them in Madhapur and skilled them to make fraudulent calls to Australians, the discharge stated.
The accused additionally collected checking account particulars from Indian college students finding out in Australia and used these accounts to obtain the illegally obtained cash, it added.
The investigation revealed a coordinated worldwide cyber fraud wherein Praveen and his staff obtained “leads” from an unidentified group. This group despatched faux pop-ups and emails to Australian residents, falsely claiming their computer systems had been compromised, and offered a faux “buyer care” quantity.
When victims referred to as the quantity, the calls have been routed to the decision centre in Madhapur. The accused then satisfied victims to permit distant entry to their computer systems, gained entry into their on-line banking accounts and transferred giant sums to Australian financial institution accounts of Indian nationals.
The cash was later routed to India by hawala, cryptocurrency and different clandestine channels, police stated.
Two extra people from Khammam dealt with the each day operations of the centre.
While 9 folks have been arrested, others concerned are but to be apprehended, the discharge added. PTI SJR SSK
(This story has not been edited by News18 employees and is printed from a syndicated information company feed – PTI)
November 29, 2025, 23:00 IST
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