Hyderabad, Nov. 25 -- The CBI has arrested Vikas Kumar Nimar, a key absconding accused involved in the operation of a transnational cybercrime network and has busted an illegal call centre being operated by the accused in Lucknow, targeting US nationals.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had registered a case on 24 September last year and conducted extensive searches at multiple locations associated/linked to the accused persons in September 2024 and busted and dismantled four illegal call centres being operated by the accused persons at Pune, Hyderabad and Vishakhapatnam.

One key operative, Vikas Kumar Nimar, who was instrumental in establishing and operation the illegal call centres VC Infrometrix Private Limited at Pune and V...