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- A bogus service center in Palam Vihar used spoofed messages to target elderly Americans with technical threats.
- Operators posed as Apple executives and government officials to extort payments ranging from $10,000 to $20,000.
- Police arrested 11 suspects and identified an operator named Jai Kakkar who remains at large.
- The operation fleeced at least $200,000 from 15 victims in less than two weeks.
What to watch next
- Arrest of Jai Kakkar
- Identification of the source of the victim database
- Tracing the money trail of the extorted funds
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Named India · United States · Apple · Federal Trade Commission · Palam Vihar · Gaurav Fogat · Gurgaon Police · Jai Kakkar · Sombir
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