As many as 60 banks accounts have been detected in UK banks. They were opened in names of NRIs, UK nationals and other identities
Ludhiana police busted a call centre scam that duped nationals of the UK, the USA and Canada. A UK-based NRI has been found managing a bank account in a UK bank where he kept the money after duping people, The Tribune reported.
Identified as Ashish, a native of Gujarat was operating the scam with the help of Naman Sukhadiya of Gujarat, who used to transfer funds from the UK to India.
The financial investigation unit (FIU) of the Punjab Police would use the government channel to communicate with the UK government to get more details and reach the bottom of the scam
As many as 60 banks accounts have been detected in UK banks. They were opened in names of NRIs, UK nationals and other identities.
The financial investigation unit (FIU) of the Punjab Police would use the government channel to communicate with the UK government to get more details and reach the scam’s bottom.
The police suspect that more people and volume of transactions may be bigger than what is reflecting now.
The police also hinted at the use of Hawala for the transaction of money into Indian accounts. The money being deposited in the UK banks by the UK nationals or others being duped by Ashish, were routed to Indian bank accounts through the Hawala route.