WorldMUMBAI, AFP -Indian police said Wednesday they had detained and questioned more than 750 bogus call centre workers accused of stealing millions of dollars from American citizens by posing as United States tax officials. Some 200 officers raided seven premises masquerading as call centres in India's financial capital Mumbai in a massive operation on Tuesday night following a tip-off, a senior police official said. They would tell the person at the end of the phone that they had defaulted on their tax payments and owed money. “We have booked them under various sections of Indian penal code and action will be taken against these bogus call centres and their employees,” she added. But India recently lost its crown to the Philippines and is struggling to maintain its share of the global outsourcing market.

Source: Sunday Times October 05, 2016 14:12 UTC