Eight persons were arrested in Maheshtala, South 24-Parganas, early on Friday on charges of duping US citizens posing as members of a software company’s technical support team and siphoning funds from their bank accounts, police said. According to officers, the siphoned money was transferred through multiple foreign accounts before being transferred to India. “As a part of their modus operandi, the callers would convince their targets to download a screen-sharing app,” said the officer. The fact that the siphoned money was transferred through foreign accounts proves so. Fraudsters usually use mule accounts in India to transfer the siphoned money.

Source: The Telegraph February 07, 2026 06:05 UTC