The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested the key accused, one Lakhan Jaiprakash Jagwani in connection with a transnational cyber-enabled financial fraud case involving illegal call centres and defrauding US nationals. Jagwani, who was instrumental in establishing and operation of the illegal call centre was absconding since the date of registration of the case. He was finally arrested on May 13 from Delhi. The agency had registered the case on December 12, 2025 against the accused persons. The case pertains to a large-scale transnational cyber-enabled financial fraud syndicate allegedly being operated through illegal call centres from New Delhi, Noida, and other locations in India since September 2022. The accused persons, in criminal conspiracy with each other and unknown associates, impersonated officials of US government agencies including the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and Social Security Administration (SSA), using pseudonymous identities to target US nationals through fraudulent calls, emails, and VoIP communications. The victims were induced and defrauded to the tune of $ 8.5 million. Following registration of the case, CBI swiftly conducted extensive searches at various locations associated/ linked to the accused persons in December, 2025 and busted illegal call centre being operated by the accused persons at Noida. Cash worth Rs.1.88 crore along with incriminating documents were recovered and seized from the residential premises of the accused at Greater Noida, on December 11, 2025.
