Times News Network Kanpur: The crime branch broke a group of fraudsters who run the international call center and arrested two after an attack in the Hanspuram area under the police station Naubasta on Thursday night.
The people who were arrested revealed that they used to deceive the United States on behalf of obtaining personal loans and home loans.
Laptops and hard disks and some gadgets with data many US citizens have recovered from the place.
It was said that the gang operated here for the past six months.
Crime ADCP Deepak Bhuker said the people arrested had been identified as Ravi Shukla and Vishal Singh Sengar, both residents of Hanspuram Naubasta.
Three more people work in the call center, however, they are left because they have no role in this problem, police said.
The ADCP said that the call center was being run at home one of the uncle Vikas accused.
“The defendant pretended to be a representative of the American company and attracted US citizens on behalf of offering home loans and personal loans with low interest rates.
Two XTEN and XLIFE applications are used to make calls through VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol).
Number calls are done using using Software text is now Sonotel and Soft Phone Dialer, “ADCP said further.
He said that the defendant used to speak by telephone and if someone fell into their trap then they used to take $ 200 from them on behalf of processing fees.
They used to send forms on behalf of American companies and after gaining trust in the victims, they asked them to deposit four to five loan installments of 500-600 dollars along with the pretext of EMI.
Officials added that the two fraudsters had targeted 45 US citizens over the past six months and have postponed many people around Rs 70 Lakh.
The police have restored a laptop and hard drive that contains 2.5 lakh data on US citizens.
During interrogation, the two defendants revealed that they had bought this data from agents at Rs 2.5 per hundred people.
Officials said that one of their partners operated from Noida and helped them from there.
“Help them in Noida help them get money, which used to come from outside and then transact into their account.
The defendant has two accounts for transactions.
Efforts are being made to immediately capture their noida pair,” the official said.