Indian Police Arrest Man Allegedly Behind Tax Scam Call-Center Network

MUMBAI—Indian police arrested Saturday the alleged mastermind behind a network of a scam call centers that stole millions from Americans by fooling them into thinking they were in trouble with the taxman.

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In October, Indian authorities raided call centers in a Mumbai suburb where more than 700 people worked, allegedly posing as Internal Revenue Service officials. At that time they detained some of the managers of the facilities but said their boss had escaped.

Sagar “Shaggy” Thakkar, who police say started facilities in Mumbai and elsewhere, had fled the country and traveled to Dubai and Bangkok. Police said he was arrested at the Mumbai airport as he re-entered the country early Saturday morning.

Police said they are already interrogating the 24-year-old about the scam, which had multiple call centers around the financial capital of Mumbai as well as in the city of Ahmedabad in the state of Gujarat.

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