Over 3 crore cash recovered from Chinar Park in fake call centre probe

A major breakthrough in an international fake call center scam unfolded in Bidhan Nagar as police seized ₹3.02 crore from the residence of Avinash Agarwal, the alleged mastermind behind the fraudulent operation. Earlier, authorities had already recovered ₹67 lakh, bringing the total seized amount to nearly ₹3.7 crore.

The search operation took place at Agarwal’s residence in Chinar Park, where officers discovered three trolley bags full of cash, hidden behind a door. The police believe that this money was accumulated through fraudulent calls targeting foreign nationals, mainly in the United States.

The scam was unearthed following a joint raid by the Bidhan Nagar Detective Police Cyber Crime Unit and the Electronics Complex Police Station. Their investigation led them to an office in Sector 5’s Imagine Tech Park, where they discovered a fully operational fake call center.

During the raid, three suspects were arrested, and authorities seized 14 Android phones, six desktops, four mobile phones, a cash counting machine, and two notebooks containing crucial financial records. Investigators found that the call center was using a specialized dialer system to reach out to foreign victims, convincing them to pay for fraudulent tech support services.

The illicit funds were collected through gift cards and Bitcoin transactions, which were later converted into cash and routed through multiple channels to evade detection. According to police sources, the network had access to the personal data of thousands of individuals worldwide, making it a high-stakes cyber fraud case.