New Delhi, July 8 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), as part of its ongoing Operation Chakra-V, has cracked down on a transnational cybercrime syndicate running a sophisticated tech support scam targeting citizens of the United Kingdom and Australia.

In a coordinated operation conducted on 07.07.2025, The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) carried out searches at three locations in Noida, including at a fully functional fraudulent call centre operating from the Noida Special Economic Zone. The operation was meticulously timed with the time zones of the victims, resulting in the detection of live scam calls in progress during the raids.

Acting on credible intelligence, the CBI registered RC 07/2025 to investigate the syndic...