LUCKNOW, May 30 -- The CBI arrested six alleged members of a transnational cybercrime syndicate that targeted Japanese citizens. These people, including three from Varanasi and one from Ayodhya, were held following searches at 19 locations in Delhi, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh. The action was part of efforts to combat cyber crime under Operation Chakra V, said officials on Thursday. The arrested accused were identified as three Varanasi residents - Shubham Jaiswal, Vivek Raj and Adarsh Kumar and one Ayodhya resident - Rohit Maurya. Two others were identified as Ashu Singh and Kapil Ghakhar from Delhi and Panipat, respectively, CBI officials stated in a release. Coordinated searches were conducted on May 28 to dismantle two illegal call centres engaged in a transnational tech support scam targeting Japanese citizens. The CBI seized digital and physical evidence indicative of the large-scale operations of the syndicate. Preliminary investigation confirmed that the scam leveraged advanced social engineering techniques and technical subterfuge to manipulate victims and extract money. The agency spokesperson stated that the CBI had registered a regular case based on credible intelligence indicating the existence of a cybercrime syndicate defrauding foreign nationals -particularly Japanese citizens - by impersonating as technical support personnel from reputed multinational corporations, including Microsoft....