Thane: A man arrested by the Thane police was alleged to be the part of the $300 million scam. As per the reports, the man had gifted Rs 2.5 crore Audi to his girlfriend. Police gave his identity as Sagar Thakkar alias Shaggy.
The man was the part of illegal call centre scam, these criminals used to threaten the people, especially from South Asia to arrest them, in turn, they asked for the money. US Department of Homeland Security said that the Thakkar alone extracted $300 million from the scam.
The crime came into the spotlight when Thane police probed all the call centres at Mira Road on October 4, 2016. But soon after the probe Thakkar absconded and caught at the Mumbai Airport on Friday night.
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