ED raids 11 premises in Delhi-NCR in Global Cyber Fraud case as fraudsters pretend to be Microsoft/Amazon agents

Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday conducted search operations at 11 premises situated at Delhi, Noida, Gurugram, and Dehradun in the matter of Global Cyber Fraud.

ED is conducting the investigation under PMLA, initiated on the basis of FIRs registered by CBI and Delhi Police.

ED has revealed that foreign and Indian nationals were duped by fraudsters impersonating themselves as Police/investigating officers, and extorted with their monetary assets, threatening them with consequences of arrest.


Further, the fraudsters also impersonated themselves as Microsoft/Amazon tech support service agents and duped the victims. The monetary assets of the victims were converted into cryptocurrencies, which further transferred to accused persons.

Investigation into the matter revealed that the accused persons accrued Rs. 260 Crore in form of Bitcoins in multiple crypto-wallets, which were further liquidated into cash through conversion into USDTs through multiple hawala operators/individuals in UAE.