India, Nov. 3 -- A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) investigation into a cyber fraud syndicate operating out of Mumbai and Pune, which ran an illegal call centre in Pune to defraud unsuspecting American citizens through impersonation, found no evidence of any role played by any public servant working with banks, as was earlier suspected.

The agency recently informed a Mumbai special court under the Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act about its findings. "After completion of the investigation, no criminality is found against public servants in the commission of the crime," the agency said. The CBI sought permission to transfer the case to a magistrate's court to proceed against the private accused persons, as no offence under the provi...