The Central Bureau of Investigation has searched 76 locations across 11 States as part of the “Chakra-II” operation launched against the organised cyber-enabled financial crimes.
The action has been taken in collaboration with national and international agencies, apart from private sector giants. The searches in Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Haryana, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Bihar, Delhi, West Bengal, and Himachal Pradesh, pertained to five cases.
While two cases were registered on complaints from Microsoft and Amazon, the Financial Intelligence Unit-India also provided key information to the agency. During the operation, it has seized 32 mobile phones, 48 laptops/hard disks, images of two servers, 33 SIM cards, and pen drives. A large number of bank accounts have been frozen.