MUMBAi, Nov. 13 -- In a late-night raid on Tuesday, the police busted a fake call centre operating from a flat in Mulund West, whose operators allegedly cheated citizens of the US and Canada. The call centre workers posed as employees of LendingPoint, a finance company that provides unsecured personal loans, and used E-SIM cards to cheat their targets. Victims were promised quick, unsecured payday loans and made to pay minimal processing charges, then they were left without loans, said a police officer. Based on a tip-off by senior police inspector Ajay Joshi and police inspector Shivaji Chavan, Mulund police raided a residential flat in Mulund West. "We found that Sagar Gupta, 27, was running the fake call centre, without any permission," said a police officer. The accused, Gupta, had hired Abhishek Singh, 28, Tanmay Dhad Singh, 27, Shailesh Shetty, 27, and Rohan Ansari, 28, to carry out the scam. The police seized two laptops, eleven mobile phones and Rs.76,000 cash during the raid and arrested the five men. Gupta had previously worked with a fake call centre in Surat and was inspired to start his own call centre to cheat American and Canadian citizens, said the officer. "They promised quick unsecured loans between Rs.10,000 to Rs.15,000 via cryptocurrency or gift cards, and then cheated people by not giving the promised loan amounts," said the police officer. A case was registered on Wednesday under various sections of the Bhartiya Nyay Sanhita, Telecommunication Act, and the Information Technology Act. "We have also booked a Surat-based individual, Prashant Rajput, who allegedly helped them clear the dollar gift cards," said the officer....