Police in the southeastern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh questioned more than 100 people and arrested 33 suspects as part of a crackdown on cybercriminal enterprises modeled on the syndicates common in Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar. The group had operated from a handful of buildings in the Atchutapuram special economic zone and industrial area, hiring young English-speaking citizens from northern provinces to reportedly work at defrauding people in the US, Australia, and the UK. For two years, the cybercriminals ran a fake call center, posing as members of Amazon’s customer support, with different groups within the enterprise taking on different roles.
Indian Police Arrest Cybercrime Gang Copycats of Myanmar Biz Model (Robert Lemos – Dark Reading)
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