Delhi Police busts international cybercrime syndicate; 8 arrested
Delhi Police's IFSO unit has taken down a major international cybercrime gang linked to China, Nepal, Cambodia, Taiwan, and Pakistan.
This group scammed Indians out of about ₹100 crore since September 2024 by pretending to be Anti-Terrorist Squad officers.
They called people, claimed their phones were tied to terror cases like Pahalgam, and extorted money through fake "digital arrests."
How the scam worked & what's next
The syndicate used illegal SIM boxes packed with multiple SIMs to make their calls look local while hiding their real location.
After a month-long investigation, police raided four spots in Delhi and arrested eight people—including two local operators and a Taiwanese national arrested at the airport, who was responsible for smuggling SIM boxes into India.
Officers seized 22 SIM boxes, thousands of e-SIMs and foreign SIM cards, plus over 5,000 IMEI numbers.
The probe is still on as police work to trace the money trail and find the masterminds behind this global racket.