Following the arrests from Italy, Austria, Romania and Slovakia and an investigation by the EU prosecutor, eight people were detained, 14 were placed under house arrest and two others were barred from practising their profession.
The Department of Telecom has asked telecom operators to deactivate USSD-based call forwarding with effect from April 15, and provide the service using alternative methods
DoT unveiled 'Chakshu', a platform empowering citizens to report suspected fraudulent communications from mobile numbers through calls, SMS, or popular social media apps like WhatsApp.
The unknown caller told the victim that they were calling from FedEx Mumbai and they repeated his name, Aadhar number, and mobile number to confirm his identity.
However, the worker put aside his early doubts after the video call because other people in attendance had looked and sounded just like his colleagues, Chan said.
According to FIR, Oaks Management Consultancy Pvt Ltd of Rahul Gomes contributed to the COVID-19 relief measures by supplying beds, fans, etc. Then the company transferred control of these facilities to the BMC at very high rents.
According to the police, Reddy extorted more than Rs 3 crores from officials and used the money to live a lavish lifestyle, including frequent visits to casinos in Goa.