Indian call centre scams have cost Canadians $34 million since 2014, says the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
The Canadian Bazaar
TORONTO: Royal Canadian Mounted Police are hunting for three persons in Indian call centre scams targeting Canadians.
Warrants have been issued against Vimal Shrestha, 41, Bindisha Joshi, 41, and Thomas Pao, 25, of Mississauga.
The RCMP suspects the first two persons have probably fled Canada.
The three accused have been charged with fraud over $5,000, possession of proceeds of crime and laundering the proceeds of crime.
Warrants against them follow a two-year-long investigation into Indian call centre scams in which callers dupe Canadians by posing as representatives of the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), police, banks and tech companies.
RCMP says call centre frauds have cost Canadians over $34 million since 2014.
In October, arrest warrants were issued against 22-year-old Indian man Naman Grover for working as a ` money mule’ for call centre scamsters. Grover too seems to have fled Canada.
According to RCMP, despite Indian police raids on illegal call centres and arrests in Canada, scamsters continue to target Canadians.
“The serious criminal charges that the two accused are facing sends a clear message: International borders will not cloak offenders with immunity from apprehension and prosecution,” says the RCMP.
