{"id":777014493,"date":"2024-04-05T08:25:08","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T11:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777014493"},"modified":"2026-04-22T11:27:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T14:27:46","slug":"india-8-arrested-over-fake-gaming-call-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-8-arrested-over-fake-gaming-call-centre","title":{"rendered":"India: 8 arrested over fake gaming call centre"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Police carried out a raid and arrested eight people operating a fake gaming call centre in Gurugram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>India.- Police in Gurugram, Haryana, have arrested eight people accused of running a<strong> fake gaming call centre<\/strong> from a rented residence in Koyal Vihar in Sector 52. Those arrested were aged between 19 to 42.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officers say <strong>Sunil Kumar<\/strong> paid the others a \u20b925,000-30,000 salary and commission to <strong>scam people into investing in gaming platforms<\/strong>. The centre had allegedly been operating for a year. Police suspect the involvement of someone in Sri Lanka and are investigating whether more centres are operating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The police learned about the centre after a complaint was filed on the 1930 helpline. This led to surveillance provided by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). Police seized 28 mobile phones and three laptops. Officers will share information with the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-2-arrested-for-alleged-betting-on-cricket-matches\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">India: 2 arrested for alleged betting on cricket matches<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police carried out a raid and arrested eight people operating a fake gaming call centre in Gurugram.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":25346,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Gurugram police have dismantled a fraudulent gaming call centre, arresting eight individuals accused of scamming investors into purported gaming platforms. The operation, active for approximately a year, involved a suspected international connection to Sri Lanka and is under further investigation by Indian authorities, including the MHA and Cyber Crime Coordination Centre.","focusai_entities":"Sunil Kumar, Gurugram Police, Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre","focusai_location":"India, Gurugram, Haryana, Sri Lanka, Koyal Vihar, Sector 52","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.8), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.85), operator_casino (0.75), payments_fraud_aml (0.85), investor_analyst (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Cross-border implications?","query":"What specific intelligence sharing mechanisms are being leveraged with Sri Lankan authorities to investigate the suspected international involvement in this fraudulent operation?"},{"label":"Regulatory response?","query":"How will this incident influence the Union Ministry of Home Affairs' strategy for enhancing surveillance and enforcement against illicit online gaming and investment scams across India?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16334],"tags":[20326],"class_list":["post-777014493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-asia-news","tag-illegal-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777014493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777014493"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777014493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777014528,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777014493\/revisions\/777014528"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777014493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777014493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777014493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}