MUMBAI: Thane Police arrested Sagar Thakkar and found out that the accused was call centre scam mastermind. Thane Police revealed that many Sagar Thakkar’s counterparts ran scams in the pharmaceuticals, banking and grants sectors. The scam was operated mostly from Russia and China Sagar Thakkar said explaining about the scam. The call centres would call up citizens from English-speaking nations like USA, and inform them that they had won a certain sum under a scheme or policy and for the same they needed them to deposit an initial sum and divulge their account details. 25 year old Thakkar was arrested by Thane Police early on Saturday morning after he surrendered himself to the immigration authorities in India. He is said to be the mastermind behind a multi-million-dollar scam that duped thousands of US nationals by making them pay huge fines to fake IRS employees, Thane Police informed. Thakkar is revealing details about numerous scams not just in India but also in various parts of the world, say sources in the Thane police. There are scams in Pharmaceuticals, banking and grants sectors that are prevalent in countries like Philippines, Russia, China, Pakistan, South America and Africa, Thane Police said. ]]>
