Vadodara: The special operations group (SOG) busted an international cyber fraud and arrested 13 persons including three who were operating a call centre from the city on Sunday. Cops have also seized cash and gadgets worth Rs 6.42 lakh from the gang that defrauded unsuspecting victims in the United States.
According to the police, Jayesh alias Mike Hargunani is the mastermind of the crime that was executed from a residential apartment in Harni. The police said that Jayesh had launched an organization called Social Security Administration to run his clandestine operation. “He and his gang used to call American citizens and dupe them claiming that their name has cropped up in a drug or money laundering racket. When the scared victims asked for a way out, the gang used to ask them to buy gift cards towards the fee,” police said.